Authors
Sanjay Raj Baral, Daya Ram Parajuli, Shakti Shrestha, Santosh Raman Acharya, Prasanna Dahal, Prakash Poudel, Saruna Ghimire, Subish Palaian, Naveen Shrestha
Publication date
2019/6/5
Journal
Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice
Pages
47-59
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Description
Background: Pharmaceutical care (PC) has a significant impact on optimizing pharmacotherapy and improving patients’ quality of life. We aimed to determine the attitudes and perceived barriers of final year pharmacy undergraduates towards provision of PC services in Nepal.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 232 students using a 13-item-standard PC attitude survey (PCAS) questionnaire and 12-itemed PC barrier questionnaires. Mann–Whitney U test and Kruskal–Wallis tests were used to measure the median difference between groups, at alpha=0.05, and Spearman’s rho test was used to measure the strength of the correlation.
Results: Majority of students were self-motivated in undertaking the current pharmacy education (178, 76.7%) and had no previous incomplete grades that could delay their graduation (177, 76.3%). Over 80% of students had a positive attitude toward all items of …
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