A cross-sectional survey of community pharmacists towards antimicrobial stewardship in Malaysia

Objectives: Antimicrobial resistance is the most recognized public health problem worldwide. Injudicious use of antibiotics significantly contributes to this problem.Antimicrobials are amongst the most utilized drugs in Malaysia. Antimicrobial stewardship programs seek to optimize the use of antibio...

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Main Authors:	Khan, Muhammad Umair, Ahmad, Amir, Abujabal, Hassali, Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod
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Published:	Elsevier Inc 2016
Subjects:	RD Surgery RS Pharmacy and materia medica
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spelling	iium-586832017-10-05T08:49:17Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/58683/ A cross-sectional survey of community pharmacists towards antimicrobial stewardship in Malaysia Khan, Muhammad Umair Ahmad, Amir Abujabal, Hassali Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod RD Surgery RS Pharmacy and materia medica Objectives: Antimicrobial resistance is the most recognized public health problem worldwide. Injudicious use of antibiotics significantly contributes to this problem.Antimicrobials are amongst the most utilized drugs in Malaysia. Antimicrobial stewardship programs seek to optimize the use of antibiotics. Community pharmacists play an important role in executing these programs as they process medication orders and counsel patients on the appropriate use of antibiotics. The objective of this study was to assess the perceptions and practices of community pharmacists towards antimicrobial stewardship in Selangor, Malaysia. Methods: The study was conducted in Selangor, one of the most prosperous states in Malaysia. Selangor has a population of about 3.75 million, and the total number of registered community pharmacies in Selangor is 297. A cross-sectional study was conducted for the period of 2 months, using a self-administered, pre-tested questionnaire among randomly selected community pharmacists in Selangor, Malaysia. Results: A total of 225 participants were contacted to achieve a required sample size of 188 (response rate = 83.5%). The majority of the participants strongly agreed that the antimicrobial stewardship program is essential to improve patient care (96.8%). However, more than half of the pharmacists were neutral in their opinion about the incorporation of antimicrobial stewardship programs in community pharmacies (54.2%). Though collaboration was often done by the pharmacists with other health professionals over the use of antibiotics (n=104, 55.3%), a significant proportion of the participants (54.2%) rarely/occasionally participate in antimicrobial awareness campaigns. Qualification of the participants was significantly associated with the perceptions and practices of the respondents (p<0.05). While the experiences was the determining factor with respect to the perceptions of participants towards antimicrobial stewardship (p<0.05). Conclusions: The perceptions and practices of community pharmacists were positive towards antimicrobial stewardship. Further studies are warranted to validate these results by including community pharmacists from other states of Malaysia Elsevier Inc 2016-05 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/58683/1/58683_a%20cross%20-sectional%20survey.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/58683/7/58683_a%20cross%20-sectional%20survey_WOS.pdf Khan, Muhammad Umair and Ahmad, Amir and Abujabal, Hassali and Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod (2016) A cross-sectional survey of community pharmacists towards antimicrobial stewardship in Malaysia. Value in Health, 19 (3). A25-A25. ISSN 1098-3015 http://www.valueinhealthjournal.com/article/S1098-3015(16)00391-0/fulltext 10.1016/j.jval.2016.03.323
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spellingShingle	RD Surgery RS Pharmacy and materia medica Khan, Muhammad Umair Ahmad, Amir Abujabal, Hassali Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod A cross-sectional survey of community pharmacists towards antimicrobial stewardship in Malaysia
description	Objectives: Antimicrobial resistance is the most recognized public health problem worldwide. Injudicious use of antibiotics significantly contributes to this problem.Antimicrobials are amongst the most utilized drugs in Malaysia. Antimicrobial stewardship programs seek to optimize the use of antibiotics. Community pharmacists play an important role in executing these programs as they process medication orders and counsel patients on the appropriate use of antibiotics. The objective of this study was to assess the perceptions and practices of community pharmacists towards antimicrobial stewardship in Selangor, Malaysia. Methods: The study was conducted in Selangor, one of the most prosperous states in Malaysia. Selangor has a population of about 3.75 million, and the total number of registered community pharmacies in Selangor is 297. A cross-sectional study was conducted for the period of 2 months, using a self-administered, pre-tested questionnaire among randomly selected community pharmacists in Selangor, Malaysia. Results: A total of 225 participants were contacted to achieve a required sample size of 188 (response rate = 83.5%). The majority of the participants strongly agreed that the antimicrobial stewardship program is essential to improve patient care (96.8%). However, more than half of the pharmacists were neutral in their opinion about the incorporation of antimicrobial stewardship programs in community pharmacies (54.2%). Though collaboration was often done by the pharmacists with other health professionals over the use of antibiotics (n=104, 55.3%), a significant proportion of the participants (54.2%) rarely/occasionally participate in antimicrobial awareness campaigns. Qualification of the participants was significantly associated with the perceptions and practices of the respondents (p<0.05). While the experiences was the determining factor with respect to the perceptions of participants towards antimicrobial stewardship (p<0.05). Conclusions: The perceptions and practices of community pharmacists were positive towards antimicrobial stewardship. Further studies are warranted to validate these results by including community pharmacists from other states of Malaysia
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author	Khan, Muhammad Umair Ahmad, Amir Abujabal, Hassali Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod
author_facet	Khan, Muhammad Umair Ahmad, Amir Abujabal, Hassali Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod
author_sort	Khan, Muhammad Umair
title	A cross-sectional survey of community pharmacists towards antimicrobial stewardship in Malaysia
title_short	A cross-sectional survey of community pharmacists towards antimicrobial stewardship in Malaysia
title_full	A cross-sectional survey of community pharmacists towards antimicrobial stewardship in Malaysia
title_fullStr	A cross-sectional survey of community pharmacists towards antimicrobial stewardship in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	A cross-sectional survey of community pharmacists towards antimicrobial stewardship in Malaysia
title_sort	cross-sectional survey of community pharmacists towards antimicrobial stewardship in malaysia
publisher	Elsevier Inc
publishDate	2016
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A cross-sectional survey of community pharmacists towards antimicrobial stewardship in Malaysia

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