Pharmacy Students’ Knowledge, Attitudes and Opinions towards Drug Misuse and Abuse- A cross sectional study from Jordan.
إسم الباحث
Deema Jaber
إسم المجلة
Trop J Pharm Res
رقم المجلد
14(7): 1501
تاريخ النشر
2015.08
الملخص
Purpose: To assess the knowledge, attitude and opinion of final-year undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacy students regarding inappropriate drug use in a university campus, Amman, Jordan.
Methods: A cross-sectional survey using a self-completed validated anonymous questionnaire that consisted of two parts was adopted. The first part of the questionnaire pertained to respondents’ demographic details, education level and any experience they might have had with drug misuse or abuse. The second part described students' knowledge, attitude and practice regarding the identification, prevention and management of drug misuse and abuse.
Results: A total number of 198 pharmacy students filled the questionnaire (N = 131 undergraduate, and N = 67 postgraduate students). A majority of the students strongly agreed/agreed that all pharmacy staff must be trained on recognizing drug abusers (92.0 %)