Evaluating healthcare professionals' perceptions of dispensing separation and sale of pharmacy medicine in Brunei Darussalam

Juperi RNAA 1 , Goh HP 2 , Rehman IU 3 , Lee KS 4 , Ming LC 1 , Hermansyah A 5

Affiliations 

  • 1 PAP Rashidah Sa'adatul Bolkiah Institute of Health Sciences, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Gadong, BE1410, Brunei
  • 2 PAP Rashidah Sa'adatul Bolkiah Institute of Health Sciences, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Gadong, BE1410, Brunei. pohhui.goh@ubd.edu.bn
  • 3 Department of Pharmacy, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, 23200, Pakistan
  • 4 Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Cyberjaya, Cyberjaya, Malaysia
  • 5 Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, 60115, Indonesia. andi-h@ff.unair.ac.id
J Pharm Policy Pract, 2023 Aug 24;16(1):101.
PMID: 37620839 DOI: 10.1186/s40545-023-00594-5

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Pharmacy medicine (P) is obtained exclusively from a pharmacy under the supervision of a pharmacist. This study aims to understand the perception of healthcare professionals towards the dispensing separation, as well as the dispensing of pharmacy medicine by community pharmacies to enhance patient health outcomes in Brunei Darussalam.

METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted between 1st March 2023 and 20th April 2023 among healthcare professionals. A newly designed and validated questionnaire was used. Its face and content validity, along with internal consistency, was adequately established. Convenient sampling was employed to recruit participants for the study. Statistical analysis using one-way ANOVA was performed, considering a p-value 

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