THE EVALUATION OF AWARENESS AND LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE RELATED TO TUBERCULOSIS OF PHARMACY FACULTY STUDENTS: A FOUNDATION UNIVERSITY EXAMPLE
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Material and Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate the knowledge and attitudes of undergraduate pharmacy students about TB. A face-to-face survey was made to students in their classrooms after ethical committee’s approval was received and verbal consent of participants obtained. A total of 238 students answered the survey. Descriptive statistical methods and Pearson Chi-Square test are used for the evaluation of the data.
Result and Discussion: We found that all of the students knew tuberculosis, but some of them lacked knowledge on some topics such as the symptoms of the disease, risk factors, definitive diagnosis, and drug resistance rates. Pharmacists who have an important role in public health should be informed and advised to be updated about TB during their undergraduate education. In addition, it should be ensured that they take responsibility to raise public awareness of TB which causes thousands of deaths each year.
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
Eczacılık ve İlaç Bilimleri
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yayımlanma Tarihi
30 Eylül 2022
Gönderilme Tarihi
23 Mart 2022
Kabul Tarihi
12 Mayıs 2022
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2022 Cilt: 46 Sayı: 3