Abstract
A cross-sectional pilot study to investigate diabetic knowledge and pharmaceutical care practice among registered and unregistered pharmacists in Iraq
Highlights
In primary and secondary healthcare sectors, diabetes mellitus (DM) is the most significant healthcare problem due to its microvascular and macrovascular complications (American Diabetes Association, 2014)
The highest and the lowest positive practice frequencies were found in blood glucose monitoring care (38.20%) and co-morbid DM disease management (21.20%), respectively
The results revealed that professional knowledge and practice toward DM among the sample population were inadequate
Summary
In primary and secondary healthcare sectors, diabetes mellitus (DM) is the most significant healthcare problem due to its microvascular and macrovascular complications (American Diabetes Association, 2014). Pharmacists have a crucial role beyond dispensing medication as they have to be well trained to provide pharmaceutical care services (Smith, 2009; Karter et al, 2015). With these services, medications adherence and medications literacy will be enhanced, as well as, medication errors will be reduced (Brennan et al, 2012; Kraemer et al, 2012; Wertz et al, 2012; Shareef, 2018). A recent community-based study in Basrah (a southern city in Iraq) showed that the prevalence of DM in this area for diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetic patient was 19.7% (Mansour et al, 2014). The aims of this pilot study were to assess the diabetes knowledge and pharmaceutical care practice among registered and unregistered pharmacists in Baghdad, Iraq
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