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  • Community pharmacists' interest in and attitude to pharmacy practice research in Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study

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    Author(s)
    Bhagavathula, Akshaya Srikanth
    Gebreyohannes, Eyob Alemayehu
    Gebresillassie, Begashaw Melaku
    Erku, Daniel Asfaw
    Negesse, Chernet Tafere
    Belay, Yared Belete
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Erku, Daniel
    Year published
    2017
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    Pharmacy practice-research became an important component in the pharmacy practice. However, limited studies were conducted in sub-Saharan Africa to understand the pharmacists' interest and attitude towards pharmacy practice-research. We aimed to assess the community pharmacists' interest and attitude towards pharmacy practice-research in Ethiopia. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among community pharmacists in eight major cities in Ethiopia. A validated 25-item self-administered questionnaire covering interest and attitude related to pharmacy practice-research was distributed. Responses were analysed using descriptive ...
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    Pharmacy practice-research became an important component in the pharmacy practice. However, limited studies were conducted in sub-Saharan Africa to understand the pharmacists' interest and attitude towards pharmacy practice-research. We aimed to assess the community pharmacists' interest and attitude towards pharmacy practice-research in Ethiopia. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among community pharmacists in eight major cities in Ethiopia. A validated 25-item self-administered questionnaire covering interest and attitude related to pharmacy practice-research was distributed. Responses were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. A total of 389 community pharmacists responded to the survey (response rate- 88.4%). Most of community pharmacists showed a high level of interest and positive attitude in being involved in all aspects of pharmacy practice-research. The median summary score for interest and attitude were 38 (IQR 20-40) (range possible 10-50) and 30 (IQR 18-39), respectively. Sixty-seven percent of the respondents thought about being involved in research, felt research is important for their career (57.6%), confident to conduct the research (56.2%), and agreed that research is a part of pharmacy practice (48.5%). However, only forty-six percent agreed that they underwent research training. A multivariate analysis showed that females were more interested in pharmacy practice research than males [AOR: 1.50, 95% CI: 0.99-2.27; p<0.05]. Community pharmacists showed high interest towards several areas of research competencies and demonstrated positive attitude towards pharmacy practice-research. Our findings suggest that providing research training to community pharmacists may contribute in undertaking research activities and build the research capacity in Ethiopia.
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    Journal Title
    PLoS One
    Volume
    12
    Issue
    6
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178919
    Copyright Statement
    © 2017 Bhagavathula et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
    Subject
    Science & Technology
    Multidisciplinary Sciences
    Science & Technology - Other Topics
    PRACTICE RESEARCH CAPACITY
    HOSPITAL PHARMACISTS
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/400873
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