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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Pharmacists' Knowledge and Intention to Provide Palliative Care Services in Saudi Arabia: Using the Theory of Planned Behaviour.

Ahmed M Alshehri, Yasser S Almogbel, Rana E Alonazi, Waleed M Alshehri, Hind A Alkhelaifi, Salman A Almutairi, Omar S Alenazi, Ali Z Alali

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  4. An analysis of the intention of female pharmacy students to work in community pharmacy settings in Saudi Arabia using the theory of planned behavior.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2024
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Ahmed M AlshehriClinical Pharmacy Department, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 16273, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-6150-2341
Yasser S AlmogbelDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, Qassim University, Buraidah 51452, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-0155-6986
Rana E AlonaziPharmacology Department, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 16273, Saudi Arabia.
Waleed M AlshehriClinical Pharmacy Department, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh 11525, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-2925-0279
Hind A AlkhelaifiContracts Management Department, National Unified Procurement Company (NUPCO), Riyadh 12251, Saudi Arabia.
Salman A AlmutairiClinical Pharmacy Department, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 16273, Saudi Arabia.
Omar S AlenaziClinical Pharmacy Department, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 16273, Saudi Arabia.
Ali Z AlaliClinical Pharmacy Department, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 16273, Saudi Arabia.

Funding

The Deputyship for Research & Innovation, Ministry of Education in Saudi Arabia IF2/PSAU/2022/03/22660
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Providing palliative care to patients with life-threatening illnesses requires multidisciplinary efforts from different healthcare providers. Identifying the attitude, knowledge, and intentions of pharmacists to provide this service in Saudi Arabia is essential. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the palliative care knowledge, intentions, attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioural control of pharmacists and what factors predict their intentions. Cross-sectional questionnaires based on the theory of planned behaviour were distributed to pharmacists in hospitals and community pharmacies. They included items that measured palliative care knowledge, attitudes, intentions, subjective norms, and the perceived behavioural control of pharmacists and identified other sociodemographic and pharmacy-practice-related items. In total, 131 pharmacists completed the questionnaires, showing an average score on palliative knowledge (8.82 ± 1.96; range: 1-14), strong intentions (5.84 ± 1.41; range: 1-7), positive attitudes (6.10 ± 1.47; range: 1-7), positive subjective norms (5.31 ± 1.32; range: 1-7), and positive perceived behavioural control (5.04 ± 1.21; range: 1-7). Having completed a pharmacy residency program, working longer hours per week, having a more positive attitude, and perceived stronger subjective norms were significantly associated with a strong intention to provide palliative care services. Therefore, enabling and motivating pharmacists to complete pharmacy residency programs and improve their attitudes could increase their intentions to provide these services.

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end of lifehealthcare provider’s intentionlife-threatening illnesspain managementpalliative carepharmacist intention

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PMID37570413
PMCPMC10418381

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