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Evaluation of the community pharmacists’ performance in the screening of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs risks in Saudi Arabia
OBJECTIVES: To assess community pharmacists’ knowledge and practices regarding screening risk factors and providing safety information about the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) to patients. METHODS: Cross-sectional and a self-administered questionnaire-based study was conducted...
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Saudi Medical Journal
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7502958/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32789426 http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.8.25221 |
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author | Malebari, Azizah M. Khayyat, Ahdab N. Mahdali, Ruba A. Alamoudi, Jumana S. Alsayed, Bushra Y. Alrasheed, Samar A. |
author_facet | Malebari, Azizah M. Khayyat, Ahdab N. Mahdali, Ruba A. Alamoudi, Jumana S. Alsayed, Bushra Y. Alrasheed, Samar A. |
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description | OBJECTIVES: To assess community pharmacists’ knowledge and practices regarding screening risk factors and providing safety information about the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) to patients. METHODS: Cross-sectional and a self-administered questionnaire-based study was conducted over a 4-month period (May-August 2019) with selected community pharmacies in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The questionnaire composed of demographic data and the pharmacist’s role in supplying NSAIDs. RESULTS: The majority of participating community pharmacists dispense NSAIDs. However, many did not apply relevantly good communication skills such as seeking information about concomitant drugs (42.5%) or providing advice on managing any adverse side effects of taking NSAIDs (39.1%). Most of the community pharmacists also did not provide relevantly good communication about risk factors. The most common screening risk factors mentioned were a history of pregnancy and breastfeeding (84.2%) followed by being at an older age (74.5%) or a history of a gastrointestinal ulcer (71.5%). CONCLUSION: Community pharmacists in Saudi Arabia need to appropriately screen their patients for adverse drug reactions and effectively communicate the risks of using NSAIDs. The Saudi Regulatory Authority could endorse several approaches to apply a good strategy for improving the dispensing practices in community pharmacies, communication and awareness of risk factors especially in high-risk patients who are taking NSAIDs. |
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spelling | pubmed-75029582021-03-11 Evaluation of the community pharmacists’ performance in the screening of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs risks in Saudi Arabia Malebari, Azizah M. Khayyat, Ahdab N. Mahdali, Ruba A. Alamoudi, Jumana S. Alsayed, Bushra Y. Alrasheed, Samar A. Saudi Med J Original Article OBJECTIVES: To assess community pharmacists’ knowledge and practices regarding screening risk factors and providing safety information about the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) to patients. METHODS: Cross-sectional and a self-administered questionnaire-based study was conducted over a 4-month period (May-August 2019) with selected community pharmacies in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The questionnaire composed of demographic data and the pharmacist’s role in supplying NSAIDs. RESULTS: The majority of participating community pharmacists dispense NSAIDs. However, many did not apply relevantly good communication skills such as seeking information about concomitant drugs (42.5%) or providing advice on managing any adverse side effects of taking NSAIDs (39.1%). Most of the community pharmacists also did not provide relevantly good communication about risk factors. The most common screening risk factors mentioned were a history of pregnancy and breastfeeding (84.2%) followed by being at an older age (74.5%) or a history of a gastrointestinal ulcer (71.5%). CONCLUSION: Community pharmacists in Saudi Arabia need to appropriately screen their patients for adverse drug reactions and effectively communicate the risks of using NSAIDs. The Saudi Regulatory Authority could endorse several approaches to apply a good strategy for improving the dispensing practices in community pharmacies, communication and awareness of risk factors especially in high-risk patients who are taking NSAIDs. Saudi Medical Journal 2020-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7502958/ /pubmed/32789426 http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.8.25221 Text en Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Malebari, Azizah M. Khayyat, Ahdab N. Mahdali, Ruba A. Alamoudi, Jumana S. Alsayed, Bushra Y. Alrasheed, Samar A. Evaluation of the community pharmacists’ performance in the screening of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs risks in Saudi Arabia |
title | Evaluation of the community pharmacists’ performance in the screening of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs risks in Saudi Arabia |
title_full | Evaluation of the community pharmacists’ performance in the screening of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs risks in Saudi Arabia |
title_fullStr | Evaluation of the community pharmacists’ performance in the screening of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs risks in Saudi Arabia |
title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of the community pharmacists’ performance in the screening of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs risks in Saudi Arabia |
title_short | Evaluation of the community pharmacists’ performance in the screening of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs risks in Saudi Arabia |
title_sort | evaluation of the community pharmacists’ performance in the screening of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs risks in saudi arabia |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7502958/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32789426 http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.8.25221 |
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