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Knowledge, attitude and practices of community pharmacists regarding COVID-19: A paper-based survey in Vietnam
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 7, p e0255420 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021.
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Abstract
- Objective To survey the knowledge, attitude, and practices of Vietnamese pharmacists regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. Method This cross-sectional, paper-based study was conducted from June to August 2020. A validated questionnaire (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.84) was used to interview 1,023 pharmacists in nine provinces of Vietnam. Analysis of covariance was employed to identify factors associated with the knowledge of pharmacists. The best model was chosen by using the Bayesian Model Averaging method in R software version 4.0.4. Results The mean knowledge score was 12.02 ± 1.64 (range: 6–15), which indicated that 93.4% of pharmacists had good knowledge of COVID-19. There was no difference in the average score between males and females (p > 0.05). The multivariate linear regression model revealed that the knowledge was significantly associated with pharmacists’ age, education level, and residence (p < 0.001). About attitude and practices, pharmacists daily sought and updated information on the COVID-19 pandemic through mass media and the internet (social network and online newspapers). Nearly 48% of them conceded that they communicated with customers when at least one person did not wear a face mask at the time of the COVID-19 outbreak. At medicine outlets, many measures were applied to protect pharmacists and customers, such as equipping pharmacists with face masks and hand sanitizers (95.0%), using glass shields (83.0%), and maintaining at least one-meter distance between two people (85.2%). Conclusion The pharmacists’ knowledge of COVID-19 transmission, symptoms, and prevention was good. Many useful measures against the spread of this perilous virus were applied in medicine outlets. However, pharmacists should restrict forgetting to wear face masks in communication with medicine purchasers. The government and health agencies should have practical remedies to reduce the significant differences in the COVID-19 knowledge of pharmacists among provinces and education-level groups.
- Subjects :
- Male
Viral Diseases
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Epidemiology
Physiology
Cross-sectional study
Pharmacists
Geographical Locations
Medical Conditions
0302 clinical medicine
Hygiene
Surveys and Questionnaires
Medicine and Health Sciences
Coughing
Public and Occupational Health
Medical Personnel
030212 general & internal medicine
Computer Networks
Child
Virus Testing
Mass media
media_common
Multidisciplinary
Masks
Professions
Infectious Diseases
Vietnam
language
Medicine
Female
Psychology
Research Article
Computer and Information Sciences
medicine.medical_specialty
Asia
Adolescent
Science
media_common.quotation_subject
Vietnamese
030231 tropical medicine
MEDLINE
Community Pharmacy Services
03 medical and health sciences
Signs and Symptoms
Cronbach's alpha
Diagnostic Medicine
medicine
Humans
Pandemics
Internet
Government
business.industry
Biology and Life Sciences
COVID-19
Covid 19
Bayes Theorem
language.human_language
Cross-Sectional Studies
Family medicine
People and Places
Population Groupings
Residence
Clinical Medicine
Physiological Processes
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 16
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLOS ONE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c84a008cd2088772b4d57d82389c4e33