Abstract
Aim – The study aim is to show the knowledge, attitude and practice of community pharmacist in dispensing OTC drugs for acute pain management.Material and Methods- The study is carried out with a sample size of 233 participants. The study was carried out using questionnaire and google forms. Before conducting the study, ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Ethical committee (IEC). The data were collected by questionnaire of 20 questions into 4 domains, where demographic details and questions regarding knowledge, attitude and practice of community pharmacist in dispensing OTC drugs for acute pain management. where asked among community pharmacist in Chennai. Result and Discussion- In our study questionnaire was circulated to 233 community pharmacist totally, but only 189 community pharmacist’ have responded giving response rate of (81.1%) who is working as community pharmacies in Chennai. Majority of community pharmacist responded from the age group above 18-28 years 132(69.8), Most of response were from male participants 106 (56.08) and education qualification were 118(62.4). The study result shows that community pharmacist 72% knowledge regarding OTC drugs for acute pain management. Most of the community pharmacist prescribe Paracetamol (70.8%) for acute pain management. And NSAIDs like Ibuprofen (29.2%).
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