Perspectives about pandemic influenza and its prophylactic measures among final year pharmacy students in Karachi, Pakistan

Aims: In flu pandemics, pharmacy students' knowledge, attitudes, and practices are critical to save patients life. The objective of study was to determine the knowledge of and attitude toward the pandemic influenza among the pharmacy students of Karachi, Pakistan. Settings and Designs: The cros...

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Main Authors:	Rahim, Najia, Iffat, Wajiha, Shakeel, Sadia, Nazim, Muhammad Iyad, Qazi, Faiza, Rizvi, Mehwish, Nasiri, Iqbal, Bashir, Lubna, Muhammad Khan, Faisal, Yaseen, Hina, Jamshed, Shazia Qasim
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spelling	iium-574362019-01-07T02:38:23Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/57436/ Perspectives about pandemic influenza and its prophylactic measures among final year pharmacy students in Karachi, Pakistan Rahim, Najia Iffat, Wajiha Shakeel, Sadia Nazim, Muhammad Iyad Qazi, Faiza Rizvi, Mehwish Nasiri, Iqbal Bashir, Lubna Muhammad Khan, Faisal Yaseen, Hina Jamshed, Shazia Qasim RS Pharmacy and materia medica Aims: In flu pandemics, pharmacy students' knowledge, attitudes, and practices are critical to save patients life. The objective of study was to determine the knowledge of and attitude toward the pandemic influenza among the pharmacy students of Karachi, Pakistan. Settings and Designs: The cross-sectional study was conducted from September to December 2014 by adopting a prevalidated questionnaire distributed to senior pharmacy students (final year) in seven private and public sector universities of Karachi. Materials and Methods: A total of 443 pharmacy students responded the survey. Data regarding sociodemographic characteristics of the students, perceptions, level of knowledge and attitudes toward influenza, and prophylactic measures were collected. Statistical Analysis: To compute the correlation between different variables, data were analyzed using Pearson's Chi-square statistic method. P< 0.05 was considered statistical significance for all analysis. Results: Influenza was identified as a viral disease (n = 423; 95.48%) and 282 (71.2%) students correctly identified it as disease affecting humans and pigs. Textbooks reported as most common source of knowledge (n = 282; 64%). Most common symptoms identified were fever (81.94%), sore throat (64.1%), and nonproductive cough (43.34%). The most common preventive measures were covering nose and mouth (268; 60.5%) and wearing protective coverings (254; 57.3%). Only half of the students correctly reported about the route of administration (180; 40.6%) and strains in vaccine (186; 41.98%). The best time for administration of such vaccine was known by only 156 pharmacy students (35.34%). The majority of the students (82.6%) had no idea about the manifestation of influenza pandemic. Knowledge regarding influenza differed according to gender and institutions differing in their affiliation with tertiary care hospitals. Conclusion: It was observed that knowledge about disease progression, transmission, vaccination, and treatment in pharmacy students, especially those who are not getting clinical training in tertiary care hospitals was limited. There is an urgent need to develop awareness programs to increase knowledge of influenza among clinical pharmacists as they are more susceptible to infections and community as a whole. © 2017 Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences \| Published by Wolters Kluwer - Medknow. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2017-04 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/57436/1/57436_Perspectives%20about%20pandemic%20influenza.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/57436/2/57436_Perspectives%20about%20pandemic%20influenza_SCOPUS.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/57436/13/57436_Perspectives%20about%20pandemic%20influenza_WOS.pdf Rahim, Najia and Iffat, Wajiha and Shakeel, Sadia and Nazim, Muhammad Iyad and Qazi, Faiza and Rizvi, Mehwish and Nasiri, Iqbal and Bashir, Lubna and Muhammad Khan, Faisal and Yaseen, Hina and Jamshed, Shazia Qasim (2017) Perspectives about pandemic influenza and its prophylactic measures among final year pharmacy students in Karachi, Pakistan. Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences, 9 (2 (Apr-June)). pp. 144-151. ISSN 0975-7406 https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Perspectives-about-Pandemic-Influenza-and-Its-among-Rahim-Iffat/01daacbda5e83e86c2890342d05a88fa7beba3a2 10.4103/jpbs.JPBS_328_16
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spellingShingle	RS Pharmacy and materia medica Rahim, Najia Iffat, Wajiha Shakeel, Sadia Nazim, Muhammad Iyad Qazi, Faiza Rizvi, Mehwish Nasiri, Iqbal Bashir, Lubna Muhammad Khan, Faisal Yaseen, Hina Jamshed, Shazia Qasim Perspectives about pandemic influenza and its prophylactic measures among final year pharmacy students in Karachi, Pakistan
description	Aims: In flu pandemics, pharmacy students' knowledge, attitudes, and practices are critical to save patients life. The objective of study was to determine the knowledge of and attitude toward the pandemic influenza among the pharmacy students of Karachi, Pakistan. Settings and Designs: The cross-sectional study was conducted from September to December 2014 by adopting a prevalidated questionnaire distributed to senior pharmacy students (final year) in seven private and public sector universities of Karachi. Materials and Methods: A total of 443 pharmacy students responded the survey. Data regarding sociodemographic characteristics of the students, perceptions, level of knowledge and attitudes toward influenza, and prophylactic measures were collected. Statistical Analysis: To compute the correlation between different variables, data were analyzed using Pearson's Chi-square statistic method. P< 0.05 was considered statistical significance for all analysis. Results: Influenza was identified as a viral disease (n = 423; 95.48%) and 282 (71.2%) students correctly identified it as disease affecting humans and pigs. Textbooks reported as most common source of knowledge (n = 282; 64%). Most common symptoms identified were fever (81.94%), sore throat (64.1%), and nonproductive cough (43.34%). The most common preventive measures were covering nose and mouth (268; 60.5%) and wearing protective coverings (254; 57.3%). Only half of the students correctly reported about the route of administration (180; 40.6%) and strains in vaccine (186; 41.98%). The best time for administration of such vaccine was known by only 156 pharmacy students (35.34%). The majority of the students (82.6%) had no idea about the manifestation of influenza pandemic. Knowledge regarding influenza differed according to gender and institutions differing in their affiliation with tertiary care hospitals. Conclusion: It was observed that knowledge about disease progression, transmission, vaccination, and treatment in pharmacy students, especially those who are not getting clinical training in tertiary care hospitals was limited. There is an urgent need to develop awareness programs to increase knowledge of influenza among clinical pharmacists as they are more susceptible to infections and community as a whole. © 2017 Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences \| Published by Wolters Kluwer - Medknow.
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author	Rahim, Najia Iffat, Wajiha Shakeel, Sadia Nazim, Muhammad Iyad Qazi, Faiza Rizvi, Mehwish Nasiri, Iqbal Bashir, Lubna Muhammad Khan, Faisal Yaseen, Hina Jamshed, Shazia Qasim
author_facet	Rahim, Najia Iffat, Wajiha Shakeel, Sadia Nazim, Muhammad Iyad Qazi, Faiza Rizvi, Mehwish Nasiri, Iqbal Bashir, Lubna Muhammad Khan, Faisal Yaseen, Hina Jamshed, Shazia Qasim
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title	Perspectives about pandemic influenza and its prophylactic measures among final year pharmacy students in Karachi, Pakistan
title_short	Perspectives about pandemic influenza and its prophylactic measures among final year pharmacy students in Karachi, Pakistan
title_full	Perspectives about pandemic influenza and its prophylactic measures among final year pharmacy students in Karachi, Pakistan
title_fullStr	Perspectives about pandemic influenza and its prophylactic measures among final year pharmacy students in Karachi, Pakistan
title_full_unstemmed	Perspectives about pandemic influenza and its prophylactic measures among final year pharmacy students in Karachi, Pakistan
title_sort	perspectives about pandemic influenza and its prophylactic measures among final year pharmacy students in karachi, pakistan
publisher	Wolters Kluwer - Medknow
publishDate	2017
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Perspectives about pandemic influenza and its prophylactic measures among final year pharmacy students in Karachi, Pakistan

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