Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Lebanese Community Pharmacists toward Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Souheil Hallit; Rouba Karen Zeidan; Sylvia Saade; Aline Hajj; Rabih Hallit; Charbel Yahchouchy; Nelly Kheir; Katia Iskandar; Hala Sacre; Pascale Salameh

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Lebanese Community Pharmacists toward Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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Souheil Hallit¹^{, 2}^{, *}, Rouba Karen Zeidan²^{, 3}, Sylvia Saade⁴, Aline Hajj⁵^{, 6}, Rabih Hallit¹, Charbel Yahchouchy³, Nelly Kheir⁷, Katia Iskandar⁸, Hala Sacre²^{, 9}, Pascale Salameh²^{, 10}^{, 11}

¹Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), Jounieh, Lebanon

²Institut National de Santé Publique, Epidémiologie Clinique et Toxicologie - Liban (INSPECT-LB), Beirut, Lebanon

³Faculty of Public Health 2, Lebanese University, Fanar, Lebanon

⁴School of Pharmacy, Lebanese International University, Beirut, Lebanon

⁵Laboratoire de Pharmacologie, Pharmacie clinique et Contrôle de Qualité des médicaments, Pôle Technologie-Santé (PTS), Faculty of Pharmacy, Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon

⁶Faculty of Pharmacy, Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon

⁷Faculty of Pedagogy, Holy Family University, 5534 Batroun, Lebanon

⁸INSERM, Equipe 5, EQUITY, Toulouse, France

⁹Drug Information Center, Order of Pharmacists of Lebanon, Beirut, Lebanon

¹⁰Faculty of Pharmacy, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon

¹¹Faculty of Medicine, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon

^*Corresponding author. Email: souheilhallit@hotmail.com

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Souheil Hallit

Received 15 May 2019, Accepted 11 December 2019, Available Online 8 January 2020.

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Keywords: COPD; knowledge; attitude; practice; community; pharmacists
Abstract: Inclusion of a pharmacist showed that pharmacy-led patient education can positively impact treatment outcome, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) knowledge, medication adherence, quality of life, significant reduction in hospital admission rates, and emergency department visits. The objectives were to assess the degree of COPD knowledge in Lebanese community pharmacists as well as their attitudes and practice toward disease management. Between January and May 2018, a cross-sectional survey enrolled 709 Lebanese community pharmacists. A committee was created to build up the questionnaire; it was composed of two physicians (one infectious disease specialist and one pulmonologist) and eight pharmacists, with long expertise in community and hospital pharmacy. It comprised 12 questions assessing knowledge, 12 questions for attitude, and 13 questions for practice. Higher attitude (β = 0.56) and higher practice (β = 0.41) were associated with higher knowledge score. Higher knowledge (β = 0.10) and practice (β = 0.16) scores as well as female gender (β = 0.60) were significantly associated with higher attitude scores. Higher knowledge (β = 0.13) and higher attitude (β = 0.19) showed significant association with higher practice scores. Female gender (β = −0.94), however, was significantly associated with decreased practice score. Our study highlights the importance of assessing the capabilities of pharmacists of achieving their support role in COPD patients. In order to improve community pharmacists’ knowledge of COPD, ultimately improving patient outcomes, further education is crucial.
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Volume-Issue: 10 - 1
Pages: 86 - 95
Publication Date: 2020/01/08
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