Abstract
Purpose: To assess the knowledge of community pharmacists and senior pharmacy students in United Arab Emirates (UAE) about the proper use of oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) and to investigate factors associated with their knowledge. Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted using a validated self-administered questionnaire tocommunity pharmacists and senior pharmacy students in UAE. The survey contained 22 questions divided into 3 parts: a) demographic information, b) OCPs general knowledge, c) OCPs proper use andmissed dose instructions. Results: Community pharmacists had significantly higher knowledge scores than senior pharmacy students (26 vs 16.6 %; p = 0.032). Pharmacists with 10 - 20 years of experience had significantly lower knowledge scores than pharmacists with < 10 years of experience (p > 0.05). Conversely, gender, marital status and previous education on OCPs were not associated with knowledge score (p > 0.05).Conclusion: Participants had poor knowledge of proper use and missed dose instructions along with several misconceptions of OCPs. This can be enhanced by encouraging pharmacists to enroll in continuous educations activities that provide updated information about OCPs.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 947-954 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 2017 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 5 Gender Equality
Keywords
- Counselling skills
- Misconceptions
- Oral contraceptives
- Pharmacists
- Pharmacy students
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