COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO THEIR WILLINGNESS IN RENDERINGTOBACCO SMOKING PREVENTION AND CESSATION PROGRAM IN ENUGU METROPOLIS by Ofor, Amala. C.; Offiah, Raymond. O.; Aninwike, Cyril. O., Scientific Research Journal (Scirj), Volume X, Issue VI, June 2022 Edition

Scirj Volume X, Issue VI, June 2022 Edition
ISSN: 2201-2796

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO THEIR WILLINGNESS IN RENDERINGTOBACCO SMOKING PREVENTION AND CESSATION PROGRAM IN ENUGU METROPOLIS

Ofor, Amala. C.; Offiah, Raymond. O.; Aninwike, Cyril. O.

Abstract: Introduction: Tobacco smoking is a common global public health problem that frequently leads to disease complications and often results to untimely deaths. The community pharmacists consistently encounter patients that smokes. In other words, he has the potential to identify smokers, counsel them, and dispense pharmacological agents for treatment of tobacco smoking dependence. Objectives: The purpose of the research was to compare the knowledge and skills of community pharmacists to their willingness in rendering in rendering tobacco prevention and cessation services. Method: It was a cross-sectional study among conveniently selected community pharmacists in Enugu metropolis using questionnaire, from January 2022 through March 2022 and a total of 61 subjects completed the study. The questionnaire contained sections A and B. Section A contained the pharmacists demographics, while section B contained 3 questions with Yes or No answers, and ten questions on 5-likert scale (3 items each on knowledge and skills, 4 items on attitude). The questionnaire was coded, checked for accuracy and analyzed using SPSS version 22 for windows. Results: The response rate was about 85% where 75 subjects showed willingness to participate, but 61 subjects completed the study. All the participants were community pharmacists, Male (62.3%), Female (37.7%), B.Pharm (75.4%), PharmD (16.4%), Msc (6.6%), PhD (1.6%). Results showed no significant difference between the community pharmacists knowledge and skills towards their willingness to render tobacco cessation services. Conclusion: The community pharmacists knowledge and skills does not determine their willingness in rendering tobacco smoking cessation services. Further research may be needed on a larger population over a longer period of time.

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Search Terms: Community Pharmacists, Skills, Knowledge, Willingness, Tobacco smoking

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