Pharmacists' knowledge and counseling on fall risk-increasing drugs in a tertiary teaching hospital: a cross-sectional study

Ghadir Abdualrhman Al-Mutairi

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doi: 10.24911/IJMDC.51-1687043962

Pharmacists' knowledge and counseling on fall risk-increasing drugs in a tertiary teaching hospital: a cross-sectional study

Ghadir Abdualrhman Al-Mutairi.

Abstract
Objective:
This study aimed to assess pharmacists' knowledge and counseling on fall risk-increasing drugs (FRIDs) in a tertiary teaching hospital in Saudi Arabia.
Methods:
This study was cross-sectional and was conducted on pharmacists in a tertiary teaching hospital. The study was conducted based on a questionnaire that investigated demographics, awareness, training, and perception of FRIDs, counseling and dispensing of FRIDs and ODs, as well as the general knowledge regarding medication classes.
Results:
Around 54% pharmacists were aware that there is a list of FRIDs, and the major source of information was drug leaflets (40%). There were 77.3% pharmacists who were aware of the tendency of some medications to cause falls. The mean ± SD score of knowledge was 47.2±13.16. The mean score of knowledge significantly varied between age groups (P=0.003), education levels (P ˂0.001), years of practice (P ˂0.001) and unit (P˂0.001). Almost 81.3% reported counseling patients, and the focus was on appropriate medication use (58.7%). Counseling training was reported by 50%, and the major place of training was undergraduate pharmacy school (26%).
Conclusion:
The level of knowledge of pharmacists was acceptable but not enough, and counseling by pharmacists had many gaps that required further education and training.

Key words: Pharmacists, knowledge, counseling, FRIDs, Saudi Arabia

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Ghadir Abdualrhman Al-Mutairi. Pharmacists' knowledge and counseling on fall risk-increasing drugs in a tertiary teaching hospital: a cross-sectional study. IJMDC. Online First: 28 Mar, 2024. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1687043962

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Ghadir Abdualrhman Al-Mutairi. 2024. Pharmacists' knowledge and counseling on fall risk-increasing drugs in a tertiary teaching hospital: a cross-sectional study. International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries, Online First: 28 Mar, 2024. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1687043962

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Ghadir Abdualrhman Al-Mutairi. "Pharmacists' knowledge and counseling on fall risk-increasing drugs in a tertiary teaching hospital: a cross-sectional study." International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries Online First: 28 Mar, 2024. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1687043962

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Ghadir Abdualrhman Al-Mutairi (2024) Pharmacists' knowledge and counseling on fall risk-increasing drugs in a tertiary teaching hospital: a cross-sectional study. International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries, Online First: 28 Mar, 2024. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1687043962

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