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A national survey on assessment of knowledge, perceptions, practice, and barriers among hospital pharmacists towards medication reconciliation in United Arab Emirates

Farajallah A 1 , Zainal H 2 , Palaian S 3 , Alomar M 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Ajman University, Ajman, UAE. a.farajallah@ajman.ac.ae
  • 2 Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia. hadz@usm.my
  • 3 Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Ajman University, Ajman, UAE
Sci Rep, 2024 Jul 04;14(1):15370.
PMID: 38965258 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-64605-4

Abstract

Medication reconciliation (MedRec) helps prevent medication errors. This cross-sectional, nationwide study assessed the knowledge, perceptions, practice, and barriers toward MedRec amongst hospital pharmacy practitioners in the United Arab Emirates. A total of 342 conveniently chosen stratified hospital pharmacists responded to the online survey (88.6% response rate). Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis test were applied at alpha = 0.05 and post hoc analysis was performed using Bonferroni test. The overall median knowledge score was 9/12 with IQR (9-11) with higher levels among clinical pharmacists (p 

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