Original Article
IJMDC. 2022; 6(2): 340-347
Knowledge, attitude, and practice among pharmacists for migraine management in Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah
Authors: Khalid Wasel Al-Quliti, Rakan Maher Alhujeily, Obaid Mohammad Aljarbou, Reem Salamah Al-Rasheedi, Bothaina Saud Alrewaithi.
ABSTRACT
Background: The right choice of migraine headache medications can be controlled by knowing the knowledge, attitude, and practice among pharmacists because pharmacists interact with plenty of people who have a migraine headache daily. The present study aimed at evaluating the pharmacists knowledge, attitude, and practice in migraine management and recognize factors that influence the awareness of migraine management. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in the Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from October 2020 to June 2021. The study targeted all pharmacists who work in that region. Data were collected using a web-based valid questionnaire conducted through social media. Results: The study included 303 pharmacists, 56.4% were community pharmacists. Furthermore, 34.3% were pharmacists of the hospitals, and the remainder were from primary healthcare centers. Approximately, half make daily recommendations on between one and five over the counter medications, 26.7% reported giving medications without a prescription, 66% said they are taking a history during their clinical training in their work-life, 49.5% agreed that migraine is a primary brain disease, 84.5% either strongly agreed or agreed that patient sense of healthy- being is an essential consideration in the management of headache. Conclusion: The study showed that pharmacists have good knowledge about migraine and their management. The most frequent potential barriers to counseling the patients were patients lack of awareness to be counselled (47.5%), shortage of time (43.2%), and high patient load (39.3%).
Keywords:
Keywords: Headache, Knowledge, Migraine, Pharmacist, Saudi Arabia.
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Khalid Wasel Al-Quliti
Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taibah University, Madinah, Saudi Arabia
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Rakan Maher Alhujeily
Medical Intern, College of Medicine, Taibah University, Madinah, Saudi Arabia
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Obaid Mohammad Aljarbou
Medical Intern, College of Medicine, Taibah University, Madinah, Saudi Arabia
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Reem Salamah Al-Rasheedi
Department of Preventive Medicine, Taibah University, Madinah, Saudi Arabia
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Bothaina Saud Alrewaithi
Department of Family Medicine, Ministry of Health, Madinah, Saudi Arabia.
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. Medical Intern, College of Medicine, Taibah University, Madinah, Saudi Arabia.; reem.salamah050@gmail.com
Publication history
Received 18 Dec 2021
Accepted 25 Dec 2021
Published online 25 Dec 2021
Published in print 19 Jan 2022
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Al-Quliti KW, Alhujeily RM, Aljarbou OM, Al-Rasheedi RS, Alrewaithi BS. Knowledge, attitude, and practice among pharmacists for migraine management in Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah. IJMDC. 2022; 6(2): 340-347. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1639833956
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Al-Quliti KW, Alhujeily RM, Aljarbou OM, Al-Rasheedi RS, Alrewaithi BS. Knowledge, attitude, and practice among pharmacists for migraine management in Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah. https://www.ijmdc.com/?mno=78140 [Access: May 25, 2022]. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1639833956
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Al-Quliti KW, Alhujeily RM, Aljarbou OM, Al-Rasheedi RS, Alrewaithi BS. Knowledge, attitude, and practice among pharmacists for migraine management in Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah. IJMDC. 2022; 6(2): 340-347. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1639833956
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Al-Quliti KW, Alhujeily RM, Aljarbou OM, Al-Rasheedi RS, Alrewaithi BS. Knowledge, attitude, and practice among pharmacists for migraine management in Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah. IJMDC. (2022), [cited May 25, 2022]; 6(2): 340-347. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1639833956
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Al-Quliti, K. W., Alhujeily, . R. M., Aljarbou, . O. M., Al-Rasheedi, . R. S. & Alrewaithi, . B. S. (2022) Knowledge, attitude, and practice among pharmacists for migraine management in Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah. IJMDC, 6 (2), 340-347. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1639833956
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Al-Quliti, Khalid Wasel, Rakan Maher Alhujeily, Obaid Mohammad Aljarbou, Reem Salamah Al-Rasheedi, and Bothaina Saud Alrewaithi. 2022. Knowledge, attitude, and practice among pharmacists for migraine management in Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah. International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries, 6 (2), 340-347. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1639833956
Chicago Style
Al-Quliti, Khalid Wasel, Rakan Maher Alhujeily, Obaid Mohammad Aljarbou, Reem Salamah Al-Rasheedi, and Bothaina Saud Alrewaithi. "Knowledge, attitude, and practice among pharmacists for migraine management in Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah." International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries 6 (2022), 340-347. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1639833956
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Al-Quliti, Khalid Wasel, Rakan Maher Alhujeily, Obaid Mohammad Aljarbou, Reem Salamah Al-Rasheedi, and Bothaina Saud Alrewaithi. "Knowledge, attitude, and practice among pharmacists for migraine management in Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah." International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries 6.2 (2022), 340-347. Print. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1639833956
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Al-Quliti, K. W., Alhujeily, . R. M., Aljarbou, . O. M., Al-Rasheedi, . R. S. & Alrewaithi, . B. S. (2022) Knowledge, attitude, and practice among pharmacists for migraine management in Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah. International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries, 6 (2), 340-347. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1639833956
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