dc.contributor.author | Thilaxy, T | |
dc.contributor.author | Clindon, N | |
dc.contributor.author | Thuvaragan, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Surenthirakumaran, R | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-01-05T12:00:01Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-01-05T12:00:01Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://ir.kdu.ac.lk/handle/345/3087 | |
dc.description.abstract | Abstract – Community pharmacists are
expanding their services from dispensing
practice to various health services to the
public. Understanding their role in
healthcare system is essential to get their
satisfactory services. Study was conducted
among university students since they are
involving in community education and they
have leading role in disseminating
knowledge to other people-. The objective of
the study was to assess the knowledge and
attitudes towards the role of community
pharmacist among the science students of
University of Jaffna and influence of socio
demographic and educational factors. It was
an institutional based descriptive crosssectional
study. A self- administered,
pretested and validated questionnaire was
used to collect the data. SPSS version 23
statistical software was used to analyse the
data. Descriptive statistics was used to
describe the data and Chi Squared test was
performed to determine the level of
association. Among the total of 701
participants, 563 participants were
responded with the respondent rate of 80.3
%. The mean age of participants was
24.61±0.9 years and 53.8 % (n=303) of
participants were males. Of 40.3% (n=227)
participants had good knowledge and 42.3%
(n=238) of participants had positive
attitudes. Age (p=0.004), gender (p=0.036),
place of resident (p=0.012) and course of
study (p=0.000) had statistically significant
association with knowledge. The course of
study (p=0.003) had statistically significant
association with attitudes. Study revealed
that more than half of the participants had
poor knowledge and negative attitudes
towards roles of community pharmacist.
Awareness programmes should be
conducted regarding role of community
pharmacists on health care system. | en_US |
dc.subject | community pharmacist, Knowledge, attitudes, health care system | en_US |
dc.title | Association of socio demographic and educational factors on knowledge and attitudes on the role of community pharmacist in healthcare system among the science students of University of Jaffna | en_US |
dc.type | Article Full Text | en_US |
dc.identifier.journal | 13th International Research Conference General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University | en_US |
dc.identifier.pgnos | 271-276 | en_US |