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Health professional’s exposure, attitude, and acceptance of drug promotion by industry representatives: A cross-sectional study in Ethiopia

Interactions between pharmaceutical companies and health care providers have long been an area of interest from ethical as well as scientific grounds. The information provided by those companies must be scientifically accurate and fair. The current study aimed to investigate the exposure, attitude,...

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Autores principales: Yimenu, Dawit Kumilachew, Demeke, Chilot Abiyu, Kasahun, Asmamaw Emagn, Siraj, Ebrahim Abdela, Wendalem, Adane Yehualaw, Bazezew, Zegaye Agmassie, Atsbeha, Berhanemeskel Weldegerima, Mekuria, Abebe Basazn
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10454790/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34191639
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00368504211029435
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author Yimenu, Dawit Kumilachew
Demeke, Chilot Abiyu
Kasahun, Asmamaw Emagn
Siraj, Ebrahim Abdela
Wendalem, Adane Yehualaw
Bazezew, Zegaye Agmassie
Atsbeha, Berhanemeskel Weldegerima
Mekuria, Abebe Basazn
author_facet Yimenu, Dawit Kumilachew
Demeke, Chilot Abiyu
Kasahun, Asmamaw Emagn
Siraj, Ebrahim Abdela
Wendalem, Adane Yehualaw
Bazezew, Zegaye Agmassie
Atsbeha, Berhanemeskel Weldegerima
Mekuria, Abebe Basazn
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description Interactions between pharmaceutical companies and health care providers have long been an area of interest from ethical as well as scientific grounds. The information provided by those companies must be scientifically accurate and fair. The current study aimed to investigate the exposure, attitude, and training background of medical doctors and pharmacy professionals regarding drug promotional activities, and assess their acceptance of promotional gifts provided by pharmaceutical sales representatives. A cross-sectional study was conducted on medical doctors and pharmacy professionals working at Bahir Dar and Gondar cities, Amhara regional state, Ethiopia. Data were collected using a self-administered structured questionnaire and Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 26 was used for analysis. A Chi-square test was computed to investigate the presence of an association between the dependent and independent variables. A p-value of less than 0.05 was considered to declare significance at a 95% Confidence Interval (CI). A total of 105 health professionals, 81 pharmacy professionals, and 24 medical doctors have participated in the study. Above two-thirds of the respondents (69.5%) agreed that most talks sponsored by drug companies were helpful and educational. On the other hand, 39% of the respondents agreed and 47.6% disagreed that receiving gifts from pharmaceutical representatives will increase the chance that they will eventually sell or recommend the drug company’s products. The majority of the study participants (81%) preferred drug samples and stationery as appropriate gifts by pharmaceutical sales representatives. Significant gaps were found regarding the training of health professionals about the ethics of drug marketing and how to deal with pharmaceutical representatives. Policies aiming at restricting health care provider’s contacts with pharmaceutical companies during residency training along with incorporating gift restriction policies could bring significant improvements.
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spelling pubmed-104547902023-08-26 Health professional’s exposure, attitude, and acceptance of drug promotion by industry representatives: A cross-sectional study in Ethiopia Yimenu, Dawit Kumilachew Demeke, Chilot Abiyu Kasahun, Asmamaw Emagn Siraj, Ebrahim Abdela Wendalem, Adane Yehualaw Bazezew, Zegaye Agmassie Atsbeha, Berhanemeskel Weldegerima Mekuria, Abebe Basazn Sci Prog Article Interactions between pharmaceutical companies and health care providers have long been an area of interest from ethical as well as scientific grounds. The information provided by those companies must be scientifically accurate and fair. The current study aimed to investigate the exposure, attitude, and training background of medical doctors and pharmacy professionals regarding drug promotional activities, and assess their acceptance of promotional gifts provided by pharmaceutical sales representatives. A cross-sectional study was conducted on medical doctors and pharmacy professionals working at Bahir Dar and Gondar cities, Amhara regional state, Ethiopia. Data were collected using a self-administered structured questionnaire and Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 26 was used for analysis. A Chi-square test was computed to investigate the presence of an association between the dependent and independent variables. A p-value of less than 0.05 was considered to declare significance at a 95% Confidence Interval (CI). A total of 105 health professionals, 81 pharmacy professionals, and 24 medical doctors have participated in the study. Above two-thirds of the respondents (69.5%) agreed that most talks sponsored by drug companies were helpful and educational. On the other hand, 39% of the respondents agreed and 47.6% disagreed that receiving gifts from pharmaceutical representatives will increase the chance that they will eventually sell or recommend the drug company’s products. The majority of the study participants (81%) preferred drug samples and stationery as appropriate gifts by pharmaceutical sales representatives. Significant gaps were found regarding the training of health professionals about the ethics of drug marketing and how to deal with pharmaceutical representatives. Policies aiming at restricting health care provider’s contacts with pharmaceutical companies during residency training along with incorporating gift restriction policies could bring significant improvements. SAGE Publications 2021-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC10454790/ /pubmed/34191639 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00368504211029435 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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Yimenu, Dawit Kumilachew
Demeke, Chilot Abiyu
Kasahun, Asmamaw Emagn
Siraj, Ebrahim Abdela
Wendalem, Adane Yehualaw
Bazezew, Zegaye Agmassie
Atsbeha, Berhanemeskel Weldegerima
Mekuria, Abebe Basazn
Health professional’s exposure, attitude, and acceptance of drug promotion by industry representatives: A cross-sectional study in Ethiopia
title Health professional’s exposure, attitude, and acceptance of drug promotion by industry representatives: A cross-sectional study in Ethiopia
title_full Health professional’s exposure, attitude, and acceptance of drug promotion by industry representatives: A cross-sectional study in Ethiopia
title_fullStr Health professional’s exposure, attitude, and acceptance of drug promotion by industry representatives: A cross-sectional study in Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed Health professional’s exposure, attitude, and acceptance of drug promotion by industry representatives: A cross-sectional study in Ethiopia
title_short Health professional’s exposure, attitude, and acceptance of drug promotion by industry representatives: A cross-sectional study in Ethiopia
title_sort health professional’s exposure, attitude, and acceptance of drug promotion by industry representatives: a cross-sectional study in ethiopia
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10454790/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34191639
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00368504211029435
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