Assessment of Pharmacists’ Knowledge and Practices towards Prescribed Medications for Dialysis Patients at a Tertiary Hospital in Riyadh Saudi Arabia

Objective: The present study examined pharmacists’ knowledge and practices towards prescribed medications for hemodialysis patients. The impact of a pharmacist’s current positions and years of experience on practices and knowledge was also assessed. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was distributed...

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Main Authors: Lolwa Al-Abdelmuhsin, Maha Al-Ammari, Salmeen D. Babelghaith, Syed Wajid, Abdulrahman Alwhaibi, Sultan M. Alghadeer, Mohamed N. Al Arifi, Ziyad Alrabiah
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spelling doaj-cfafcb3af6fc4999a8d5eb6df0d717f22021-09-26T00:14:25ZengMDPI AGHealthcare2227-90322021-08-0191098109810.3390/healthcare9091098Assessment of Pharmacists’ Knowledge and Practices towards Prescribed Medications for Dialysis Patients at a Tertiary Hospital in Riyadh Saudi ArabiaLolwa Al-Abdelmuhsin0Maha Al-Ammari1Salmeen D. Babelghaith2Syed Wajid3Abdulrahman Alwhaibi4Sultan M. Alghadeer5Mohamed N. Al Arifi6Ziyad Alrabiah7Pharmaceutical Care Services, Ministry of the National Guard—Health Affairs, Riyadh 11426, Saudi ArabiaKing Abdullah International Medical Research Centre, Riyadh 11481, Saudi ArabiaClinical Pharmacy Department, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaClinical Pharmacy Department, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaClinical Pharmacy Department, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaClinical Pharmacy Department, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaClinical Pharmacy Department, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaClinical Pharmacy Department, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaObjective: The present study examined pharmacists’ knowledge and practices towards prescribed medications for hemodialysis patients. The impact of a pharmacist’s current positions and years of experience on practices and knowledge was also assessed. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was distributed to pharmacists working at King Abdul-Aziz Medical City-Central Region over a period of 4 months from July to October in 2015. Results: Of the 85 approached pharmacists, 66 pharmacists completed the questionnaire, among which 45 (68.2%), 9 (13.6%), and 12 (18.2%) of them were outpatient hospital pharmacists, discharge counselling pharmacists, and pharmacy practice residents, respectively. In total, 47 (55.3%) of the pharmacists sought drug information resources for newly prescribed medications to hemodialysis patients. Among the surveyed pharmacists, around two-thirds of them (63.6%) were completely confident during counselling hemodialysis patients, while 32% were moderately confident, and only 4.5% were not confident. All of the participating pharmacists checked each patient’s allergic status before dispensing hemodialysis medications. The majority of the outpatient hospital pharmacists (35; 77.8%), discharge pharmacists (8; 88.9%), and the pharmacy practice residents (11; 91.7%) agreed that oral ciprofloxacin should be given after dialysis session on the same dialysis days, while 18 (40%), 5 (55.6%), and 9 (75%) of the outpatient hospital pharmacists, discharge pharmacists, and pharmacy practice residents agreed that IV route is preferred for hemodialysis patients to administer epoetin alfa, respectively. Sixty-six percent of discharge pharmacists (<i>n</i> = 6), 91.7% (<i>n</i> = 11) of the pharmacy practice residents, and 55.6% (<i>n</i> = 25) of the outpatient hospital pharmacists checked patient laboratory results prior to dispensing medications (<i>p</i> = 0.001). Conclusions: Despite the limited knowledge regarding some prescribed medications, most of the hospital pharmacists showed good practices toward dialysis patients.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/9/9/1098attitudeknowledgehospital pharmacistsCRFdialysis
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author Lolwa Al-Abdelmuhsin
Maha Al-Ammari
Salmeen D. Babelghaith
Syed Wajid
Abdulrahman Alwhaibi
Sultan M. Alghadeer
Mohamed N. Al Arifi
Ziyad Alrabiah
spellingShingle Lolwa Al-Abdelmuhsin
Maha Al-Ammari
Salmeen D. Babelghaith
Syed Wajid
Abdulrahman Alwhaibi
Sultan M. Alghadeer
Mohamed N. Al Arifi
Ziyad Alrabiah
Assessment of Pharmacists’ Knowledge and Practices towards Prescribed Medications for Dialysis Patients at a Tertiary Hospital in Riyadh Saudi Arabia
Healthcare
attitude
knowledge
hospital pharmacists
CRF
dialysis
author_facet Lolwa Al-Abdelmuhsin
Maha Al-Ammari
Salmeen D. Babelghaith
Syed Wajid
Abdulrahman Alwhaibi
Sultan M. Alghadeer
Mohamed N. Al Arifi
Ziyad Alrabiah
author_sort Lolwa Al-Abdelmuhsin
title Assessment of Pharmacists’ Knowledge and Practices towards Prescribed Medications for Dialysis Patients at a Tertiary Hospital in Riyadh Saudi Arabia
title_short Assessment of Pharmacists’ Knowledge and Practices towards Prescribed Medications for Dialysis Patients at a Tertiary Hospital in Riyadh Saudi Arabia
title_full Assessment of Pharmacists’ Knowledge and Practices towards Prescribed Medications for Dialysis Patients at a Tertiary Hospital in Riyadh Saudi Arabia
title_fullStr Assessment of Pharmacists’ Knowledge and Practices towards Prescribed Medications for Dialysis Patients at a Tertiary Hospital in Riyadh Saudi Arabia
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of Pharmacists’ Knowledge and Practices towards Prescribed Medications for Dialysis Patients at a Tertiary Hospital in Riyadh Saudi Arabia
title_sort assessment of pharmacists’ knowledge and practices towards prescribed medications for dialysis patients at a tertiary hospital in riyadh saudi arabia
publisher MDPI AG
series Healthcare
issn 2227-9032
publishDate 2021-08-01
description Objective: The present study examined pharmacists’ knowledge and practices towards prescribed medications for hemodialysis patients. The impact of a pharmacist’s current positions and years of experience on practices and knowledge was also assessed. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was distributed to pharmacists working at King Abdul-Aziz Medical City-Central Region over a period of 4 months from July to October in 2015. Results: Of the 85 approached pharmacists, 66 pharmacists completed the questionnaire, among which 45 (68.2%), 9 (13.6%), and 12 (18.2%) of them were outpatient hospital pharmacists, discharge counselling pharmacists, and pharmacy practice residents, respectively. In total, 47 (55.3%) of the pharmacists sought drug information resources for newly prescribed medications to hemodialysis patients. Among the surveyed pharmacists, around two-thirds of them (63.6%) were completely confident during counselling hemodialysis patients, while 32% were moderately confident, and only 4.5% were not confident. All of the participating pharmacists checked each patient’s allergic status before dispensing hemodialysis medications. The majority of the outpatient hospital pharmacists (35; 77.8%), discharge pharmacists (8; 88.9%), and the pharmacy practice residents (11; 91.7%) agreed that oral ciprofloxacin should be given after dialysis session on the same dialysis days, while 18 (40%), 5 (55.6%), and 9 (75%) of the outpatient hospital pharmacists, discharge pharmacists, and pharmacy practice residents agreed that IV route is preferred for hemodialysis patients to administer epoetin alfa, respectively. Sixty-six percent of discharge pharmacists (<i>n</i> = 6), 91.7% (<i>n</i> = 11) of the pharmacy practice residents, and 55.6% (<i>n</i> = 25) of the outpatient hospital pharmacists checked patient laboratory results prior to dispensing medications (<i>p</i> = 0.001). Conclusions: Despite the limited knowledge regarding some prescribed medications, most of the hospital pharmacists showed good practices toward dialysis patients.
topic attitude
knowledge
hospital pharmacists
CRF
dialysis
url https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/9/9/1098
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