Analysis of Various Parameters and Impact of Pharmacist Intervention at Retail Medical Stores or Pharmacies of Sindh, Pakistan

Ajmal Hudda Bhutto, Abdullah Dayo, Ubed Ur Rehman Mughal, Muhammad Ali Ghoto, Rabia Parveen

Abstract

A cross-sectional, interventional study was conducted on 1000 retail medical stores/pharmacies selected conveniently from seven divisions of Sindh. A well-designed questionnaire was developed for the collection of data, and SPSS Version 25 was used to analyze the data. All the particpants were males, and majority of them were in the age group of 26-35 years (379 - 37.9%) followed by the age group of 18-25 years (260 - 26.0%), 36-45 years (248 - 24.8%), and > 45 years (113 - 11.3%). The majority of the participants were owners (647 - 64.7%). Knowledge of the participants before and after education was for generic drugs (718 - 71.8% vs. 794 - 85.3%), proper storage temperature of vaccine/insulin (458 - 45.8% vs. 572 - 61.4%), and counseling of patients for dose (236 - 23.6% vs. 379 - 40.7%). The unavailability of qualified pharmacists is also one of the major problems that results in the failure of the provision of pharmaceutical care to patients.

 

Keywords: intervention, retail pharmacy, pharmacist, awareness, Pakistan.

 

https://doi.org/10.55463/issn.1674-2974.50.2.21


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