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Research in Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
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VOL. 6, ISSUE 1 (2021)
Knowledge and belief towards covid-19 pandemic among the pharmacy students and professionals
Authors
Rajesh Venkataraman, Hari Krishna, Kessia K Varghese, Rishabh Sharma
Abstract
Objectives: To understand the scope and level of knowledge and belief on COVID 19 among the Pharmacy professionals of the Indian population. Materials and Methods: A prospective, cross-sectional and web-based online survey was conducted on assessing the knowledge and beliefs among pharmacy students and graduates regarding the pandemic COVID-19 in India from 15th May 2020 to June 1st 2020. An 18-items Semi-structured questionnaires were developed and randomly distributed among the pharmacy professionals. Results: During this study, almost 700 participants were enrolled in the study in which only 662 have provided consent and actively participated in the study. Among the study, the mean age measured in years was 23.8 ± 6.5 (18- 36), In which 398(60.1) were females, and males were 264(39.9). The present study highlights that 75.8% of the participants were knowledgeable about the clinical features of COVID-19. Also, 70.4% of the participants were knowledgeable about the diagnosis and management of COVID-19. 73.7% of the participants knew about the right diagnosis technique for COVID-19. A clear association is observed between knowledge score and an increased- age group, level of education, experience in the pharmacy field. Conclusion: In this pandemic era, it is very relevant for the pharmacy professionals to update their knowledge on the Novel Coronavirus. Since, the pharmacist has always been considered as the front line healthcare professionals, enabling rational healthcare to the community. From the perspective of our study, we found that only 22.7% of participants had a thorough and well-updated knowledge on COVID 19.
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Pages:01-08
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Rajesh Venkataraman, Hari Krishna, Kessia K Varghese, Rishabh Sharma "Knowledge and belief towards covid-19 pandemic among the pharmacy students and professionals". International Journal of Research in Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vol 6, Issue 1, 2021, Pages 01-08
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