Abstract
International Journal of Pharmacology and Clinical Sciences,2021,10,3,120-128.DOI:10.5530/ijpcs.2021.10.17Published:September 2021Type:Research ArticleAuthors:Yousef Ahmed Alomi, Samiyah Ibrahim Qassadi, Mawadah Mohsen Aqeeli, and Rehab Sultan Najmi Author(s) affiliations:Yousef Ahmed Alomi*, Bsc. Pharm, Msc. Clin pharm, BCPS, BCNSP, DiBA, CDE Critical Care Clinical Pharmacists, TPN Clinical, Pharmacist, Freelancer Business Planner, Content Editor and Data Analyst, P.O.BOX 100, Riyadh 11392, Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA. Samiyah Ibrahim Qassadi, Pharm D, Jazan University, Jazan, SAUDI ARABIA. Mawadah Mohsen Aqeeli, Pharm D, Ministery of Heath, Abha, SAUDI ARABIA. Rehab Sultan Najmi, Bsc. Pharm,King Khalid University Abha, SAUDI ARABIA. Abstract:Goal: To illuminate the pharmacist perception of forensic pharmacy in Saudi Arabia. Methods: It is cross-sectional of convenient sampling and planned number of the subject with power eighty. An electronic survey was dispersed to the pharmacist and pharmacy intern, excluding pharmacy students and other healthcare professionals. The survey entailed of demographic data, pharmacist’s perception of forensic pharmacy, and barriers preventing implementation of forensic pharmacy. Survey monkey, Microsoft Excel, and Statistical Package of Social Science (SPSS) were used in this study. Results: The total number of responding pharmacists was 402. Of those, 198 (49.75%) were male, while 200 (50.25%) were female, with statistical significance between them (p<0.001). Almost three-quarters of the pharmacists had bachelor’s degrees 303 (75.56%), with statistically momentous among all pharmaceutical degrees (p<0.001). The total average scores of pharmacist perception of forensic pharmacy services were (3.93). The high scores element was under-working in forensic pharmacy in the healthcare institutions (4.15). On the contrary, the lowest score medical staff feel like their mistakes are held against them when an event is stated (3.35). The total average scores of barriers prevent the implementation of forensic pharmacy services were (3.41) with high scores element was lack of periodic training of pharmacy staff about forensic pharmacy (4.13). At the same time, the lowest score aspect of forensic pharmacy was the pharmacist shred in forensic sciences is too trivial to work (1.88). The most suggestions for facilitating forensic pharmacy implementation were implementing an electronic forensic pharmacy 306 (77.86%) and raise the number of forensic pharmacist staff by 319 (81.17%). Conclusion: The pharmacist had a positive insight of forensic pharmacy. However, various barriers are requisite to eliminate to start the implementation of forensic pharmacy services. Therefore, education and training are indispensable elements for establishing forensic pharmacy services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Keywords:Forensic, Perception, Pharmacist, Pharmacy, Saudi ArabiaView:PDF (340.83 KB) PDFClick here to download the PDF file. Images The recommendations/suggestions for facilitating the implementation of Forensic pharmacy
Highlights
The attitude and perception are the keystones of knowledge and practice of pharmacy services, containing forensic pharmacy
Pharmacists’ perception of forensic pharmacy is vital to create this kind of pharmacy service as a new project
The total number of responding pharmacists was 402, with most of them coming from the south area 252 (62.69%) with statistically noteworthy among the regions (p
Summary
The attitude and perception are the keystones of knowledge and practice of pharmacy services, containing forensic pharmacy. Pharmacists’ perception of forensic pharmacy is vital to create this kind of pharmacy service as a new project. [2,3] They discussed the perception of forensic science from a different angle. Sometimes as professionals or public perception, others related to forensic techniques used.[4,5,6,7] Most of the studies did not comprise the pharmacist. The authors are not familiar with any investigation about pharmacists’ perception of forensic pharmacy in Saudi Arabia, Gulf and Middle East countries, or the rest of the world.
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