Knowledge on Alzheimer's disease among public hospitals and health clinics pharmacists in the State of Selangor, Malaysia

The prevalence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) has increased with the fast growing of aging population, thereby posing great challenges to provision of care for AD patients. Pharmacists play a vital role in the management of AD; this includes recognizing early symptoms of AD, providing medication c...

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Published in:Frontiers in Pharmacology
Main Author: Nuri T.H.M.; Hong Y.H.; Ming L.C.; Joffry S.M.; Othman M.F.; Neoh C.F.
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017
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Nuri T.H.M.; Hong Y.H.; Ming L.C.; Joffry S.M.; Othman M.F.; Neoh C.F.
Knowledge on Alzheimer's disease among public hospitals and health clinics pharmacists in the State of Selangor, Malaysia
2017
Frontiers in Pharmacology
8
OCT
10.3389/fphar.2017.00739
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85032225745&doi=10.3389%2ffphar.2017.00739&partnerID=40&md5=2bb738d7d94038a977cb2bbc4e21f500
The prevalence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) has increased with the fast growing of aging population, thereby posing great challenges to provision of care for AD patients. Pharmacists play a vital role in the management of AD; this includes recognizing early symptoms of AD, providing medication counseling to AD patients and their caretakers, and identifying potential adverse drug reactions. A comprehensive understanding of the disease progression, as well as the pharmacological therapy, is essential to provide effective care to AD patients. The level of knowledge about AD among the pharmacists, however, remains unknown. Hence, this study aimed to assess the knowledge on AD among the pharmacists in public hospitals and health clinics and its correlates. A clear picture of the characteristics associated with different levels of knowledge could facilitate the targeted re-training of pharmacists. The 30-item validated Alzheimer disease knowledge scale (ADKS) tool was pilot-tested and used in this cross-sectional study. All pharmacists, from nine public hospitals and seven public health clinics in the State of Selangor, Malaysia, were invited to participate in this cross-sectional survey. The ADKS score was computed and compared across demographics characteristics. A total of 445 pharmacists responded to the survey. These pharmacists had a moderate overall score in ADKS; nevertheless, high scores were recorded in the domains of treatment management and care giving. No difference in AD knowledge was found among pharmacists worked in public hospitals and health clinics, except for the domain of care giving (p = 0.033). Ethnicity and age group were independent predictors of ADKS score in the current study. The pharmacists in the current study had moderate AD knowledge. On-going education and training programme on AD, in particular the domains other than treatment management and care giving, should be provided to the pharmacists to ensure delivery of quality care to AD patients. © 2017 Mat Nuri, Hong, Ming, Mohd Joffry, Othman and Neoh.
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author Nuri T.H.M.; Hong Y.H.; Ming L.C.; Joffry S.M.; Othman M.F.; Neoh C.F.
spellingShingle Nuri T.H.M.; Hong Y.H.; Ming L.C.; Joffry S.M.; Othman M.F.; Neoh C.F.
Knowledge on Alzheimer's disease among public hospitals and health clinics pharmacists in the State of Selangor, Malaysia
author_facet Nuri T.H.M.; Hong Y.H.; Ming L.C.; Joffry S.M.; Othman M.F.; Neoh C.F.
author_sort Nuri T.H.M.; Hong Y.H.; Ming L.C.; Joffry S.M.; Othman M.F.; Neoh C.F.
title Knowledge on Alzheimer's disease among public hospitals and health clinics pharmacists in the State of Selangor, Malaysia
title_short Knowledge on Alzheimer's disease among public hospitals and health clinics pharmacists in the State of Selangor, Malaysia
title_full Knowledge on Alzheimer's disease among public hospitals and health clinics pharmacists in the State of Selangor, Malaysia
title_fullStr Knowledge on Alzheimer's disease among public hospitals and health clinics pharmacists in the State of Selangor, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge on Alzheimer's disease among public hospitals and health clinics pharmacists in the State of Selangor, Malaysia
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description The prevalence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) has increased with the fast growing of aging population, thereby posing great challenges to provision of care for AD patients. Pharmacists play a vital role in the management of AD; this includes recognizing early symptoms of AD, providing medication counseling to AD patients and their caretakers, and identifying potential adverse drug reactions. A comprehensive understanding of the disease progression, as well as the pharmacological therapy, is essential to provide effective care to AD patients. The level of knowledge about AD among the pharmacists, however, remains unknown. Hence, this study aimed to assess the knowledge on AD among the pharmacists in public hospitals and health clinics and its correlates. A clear picture of the characteristics associated with different levels of knowledge could facilitate the targeted re-training of pharmacists. The 30-item validated Alzheimer disease knowledge scale (ADKS) tool was pilot-tested and used in this cross-sectional study. All pharmacists, from nine public hospitals and seven public health clinics in the State of Selangor, Malaysia, were invited to participate in this cross-sectional survey. The ADKS score was computed and compared across demographics characteristics. A total of 445 pharmacists responded to the survey. These pharmacists had a moderate overall score in ADKS; nevertheless, high scores were recorded in the domains of treatment management and care giving. No difference in AD knowledge was found among pharmacists worked in public hospitals and health clinics, except for the domain of care giving (p = 0.033). Ethnicity and age group were independent predictors of ADKS score in the current study. The pharmacists in the current study had moderate AD knowledge. On-going education and training programme on AD, in particular the domains other than treatment management and care giving, should be provided to the pharmacists to ensure delivery of quality care to AD patients. © 2017 Mat Nuri, Hong, Ming, Mohd Joffry, Othman and Neoh.
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