Willingness and readiness to test for COVID‐19; A qualitative exploration of community pharmacists
| Autor: | Tareq L. Mukattash, Mohammad B. Nusair, Maher R. Khdour, Anan S. Jarab, Ibrahim L. Mukattash, Rana K Abu-Farha, Iman A. Basheti, Rana M. Obaidat |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Attitude of Health Personnel education Pharmacy Community Pharmacy Services 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Interview guide Pharmacists Interviews as Topic 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine COVID-19 Testing Professional Role Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Duration (project management) Pandemics Community pharmacies Medical education Jordan Health professionals business.industry COVID-19 General Medicine Middle Aged Test (assessment) Purposeful sampling Female Clinical Competence business |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Clinical Practice |
| ISSN: | 1742-1241 1368-5031 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/ijcp.13620 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVES: The present study aimed to exploring community pharmacists' willingness and readiness to test for COVID-19 in Jordan. METHODS: Purposeful sampling was used to identify a list of 30 community pharmacies, which were approached to participate in the study. Twenty interviews were needed to reach data saturation. In-depth interviews were conducted, recorded, transcribed, and analysed using NVivo 11 Software. Interviews followed a previously prepared and validated 10-item interview guide. The interview guide discussed pharmacists' willingness and readiness to test for COVID-19. RESULTS: Twenty community pharmacists were interviewed for the purpose of the present study. Interviews took place during April 2020 and the mean interview duration was 23.30 minutes. Respondents had a mean age of 36.4 years and a mean experience of 8.8 years. The majority were female (70%) and 50% held a BSc in Pharmacy. Regarding respondents' willingness to test for COVID-19 emerging themes were helping other healthcare professional, willingness to contribute to official efforts in fighting COVID-19, acting as an accessible testing cite, willingness to carry out home testing. Regarding respondents' readiness to test for COVID-19 emerging themes were Pharmacists lack basic testing skills, pharmacies are not ready to preform tests and the need for training and certifying. CONCLUSION: Jordanian pharmacists are willing to test patients for COVID-19 in community pharmacies, however, they thought they are not ready enough to undergo such tests and needed extra training and better safety precautions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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