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{"title":"Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Community Pharmacists in Relation to Dispensing Antibiotics Without Prescription in Sudan: A Cross-sectional Study.","authors":"Mohamed Abdelrahman Hussain,&nbsp;Ahmed Osman Mohamed,&nbsp;Alsara Sandel Abkar,&nbsp;Fatima Siddig Mohamed,&nbsp;Hana Khider Elzubair","doi":"10.2147/IPRP.S363079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2147/IPRP.S363079","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Dispensing antibiotics without prescription (DAwP) is a widespread practice, especially in developing countries, contributing to antibiotic resistance. Community pharmacists play a significant role in promoting rational use of antibiotics by refraining from DAwP, and providing drug information to patients. This study aimed to evaluate community pharmacists' knowledge, attitude and practice, and to assess the factors behind DAwP.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2020 among random sample of community pharmacists in Sudan. Online semi-structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The association between dependent and independent variables was assessed using Chi-square test; a <i>P</i>-value less than 0.05 was considered significant.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 1217 pharmacists who participated, the majority were female (n = 645, 53%). Most pharmacists have a B. Pharm degree (n = 1026, 84%) and less than 5 years' experience (n = 718, 59%). Notably, the majority of community pharmacists have good knowledge (n = 735, 61.7%), which is significantly associated with years of experience (P < 0.00). More than half (n = 623, 52.2%) of the pharmacists have above average score of practice. Nearly all the pharmacists who participated have a positive attitude in relation to DAwP (n = 1204, 98.9%). More than half of the pharmacists were DAwP for tonsillitis (n = 817, 67%), wound infection (n = 766, 62.9%), and urinary tract infection (n = 664, 54%). The leading factor behind DAwP was the low socioeconomic status of the patients (n = 624, 51%). Additionally, 47% of the pharmacists (n = 572) thought that they were knowledgeable enough to DAwP.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Despite their positive attitude and average level of knowledge regarding DAwP, Sudanese community pharmacists frequently are DAwP for tonsillitis. Low patients' socioeconomic status was the leading factor behind DAwP. Accordingly, extensive work from health authorities to improve the accessibility and affordability of the health system as well as the development of an antibiotic stewardship program are required to diminish DAwP.</p>","PeriodicalId":45655,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2022-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/71/d0/iprp-11-107.PMC9338346.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40593504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sudanese Medical Doctors' Perceptions, Expectations, Experiences and Perceived Barriers Towards the Roles of Clinical Pharmacists: A Cross-Sectional Study.","authors":"Mohammed Ibrahim Mahmoud,&nbsp;Maha Mirghani Maatoug,&nbsp;Abd Alkareem Ahmed Fadal Allah Jomaa,&nbsp;Mirghani Yousif","doi":"10.2147/IPRP.S354717","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2147/IPRP.S354717","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Interprofessional collaboration between physicians and clinical pharmacists has been shown to improve patients' outcome by reduce medical errors, costs and patient adherence. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate the medical doctors' perceptions, expectations, experiences, and perceived barriers regarding clinical pharmacists in Wad Medani.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional study was conducted at five major hospitals in Wad Medani, between April and June 2021 using a self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire was distributed among 178 physicians. The questionnaire consists of four sections, in addition to a demographic section. These four sections measure physicians' perceptions, expectations, experience, and perceived barriers.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 178 physicians were enrolled in the study. Physicians were comfortable with clinical pharmacists detecting and preventing prescription errors (55.1%); providing patient education (56.3%). Generally, physicians had high expectations with agreement rate of all the items ranged from 51.7% to 85.4%. Most physicians (79.8%) agreed that clinical pharmacists were a reliable source of general and clinical drug information. 64.0% and 59.0% of physicians perceive the unclear responsibility of clinical pharmacists and the lack of physicians' experience with clinical pharmacists were barriers that can hinder clinical pharmacists' contributions, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Physicians had positive perceptions, expectations, and experiences with clinical pharmacists, and pointed out some barriers clinical pharmacists face. It was suggested that hospitals should recruit more clinical pharmacists to cover each unit within the hospital with clear job description and provide them CPD.</p>","PeriodicalId":45655,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2022-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/ce/08/iprp-11-97.PMC9307910.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40624033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessment of HIV Rapid Test Kits Inventory Management Practice and Challenges in Public Health Facilities of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia [Corrigendum]","authors":"Azmeraw Bekele, Fenet Gemechu, Mihretu Ayalew","doi":"10.2147/iprp.s369644","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2147/iprp.s369644","url":null,"abstract":"[This corrects the article DOI: 10.2147/IPRP.S356134.].","PeriodicalId":45655,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72486373","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Practice of the Community Pharmacists in Managing Potential Drug-Drug Interactions: A Simulated Patient Visits.","authors":"Riham M Hamadouk, Esra D Albashair, Fatimah M Mohammed, Bashir A Yousef","doi":"10.2147/IPRP.S355675","DOIUrl":"10.2147/IPRP.S355675","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Drug-drug interactions (DDIs) can cause treatment failure and serious adverse drug reactions, leading to morbidity and mortality. Due to their significant effects on the patient's health, community pharmacists (CPs) competence in detecting and preventing these interactions is essential to provide optimal health services. Thus, this study aimed to explore the performance of the CPs in situations involving the presence of potential DDIs.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional, simulated patient study was conducted in 235 community pharmacies in the Khartoum locality. Two scenarios were used to evaluate the performance of the CPs. Ten final year B. Pharm. students were selected to act as simulated patients (SPs); they were trained for two weeks to familiarize their roles. All encounters were documented immediately after leaving the pharmacy by the SPs in the data collection form.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>All planned SPs visits were completed, resulting in 470 visits. None of the CPs asked about the patients' medication history in both scenarios. After the SPs provided information about the drug used currently by the patient, 13.6% and 23.4% of the CPs had identified the potential DDIs in scenario 1 and scenario 2, respectively. In scenario 1, 59.4% distinguished the interaction of simvastatin with both drugs, while, in scenario 2, 74.5% recognized the interaction of warfarin with both drugs. In identifying DDIs, around half of the CPs were dependent on their knowledge or using drug interaction checker programs. The most common intervention made by the CPs was referring the patient to the prescriber (56.3% CPs in scenario 1 and 60% CPs in scenario 2).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>CPs practice in identifying and managing potential DDIs was poor. The current CPs practices need substantial improvement. Therefore, professional education and the use of software programs in community pharmacies should be encouraged.</p>","PeriodicalId":45655,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/b4/73/iprp-11-71.PMC8934170.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40311985","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluation of Potential Drug Interactions with AiDKlinik® in a Random Population Sample","authors":"J. Schmidberger, C. Kloth, Martin Müller, W. Kratzer, J. Klaus","doi":"10.2147/IPRP.S351938","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2147/IPRP.S351938","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose Undesirable drug interactions are frequent, they endanger the success of therapy, and they lead to adverse drug reactions. The present study aimed to evaluate statistically potentially drug interactions in a locally circumscribed, random sample population. Patients and Methods In a random sample population of 264 patients taking medications, we performed analyses with the drug information system AiDKlinik®. Statistical analysis was performed using SAS version 9.4. Results Statistically potentially drug interactions were recorded in 82/264 (31.1%) subjects, including 39/82 (47.56%) men, and 43/82 (52.43%) women (χ2= 0.081; p = 0.776). The average number of potential possible interactions detected per person was 1.60 ± 1.21. The regression model with the variables age, body-mass-index and number of long-term-medications shows a significant association between the number of long-term medications taken and the number of moderately severe and severe reactions to drug interactions (F(3.239) = 28.67, p < 0.0001; (t(239) 8.28; p < 0.0001)). After backward elimination, the regression model showed a significant interaction with the number of long-term medications (t (240) = 8.73, p < 0.0001) and body-mass-index (t (240) = 2.02, p = 0.0442). In descriptive analysis, the highest percentages of potential drug interactions occurred in 42/82 (51.22%) subjects with body mass indices (BMIs) >25 kg/m2 and in 28/82 (34.15%) subjects aged 61–70 years. Conclusion Number of long-term medications use, age, and obesity may lead to increased drug–drug interactions in a random population sample.","PeriodicalId":45655,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73404435","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessment of HIV Rapid Test Kits Inventory Management Practice and Challenges in Public Health Facilities of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia","authors":"Azmeraw Bekele, Fenet Gemechu, Mihretu Ayalew","doi":"10.2147/IPRP.S356134","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2147/IPRP.S356134","url":null,"abstract":"Background Many people with undiagnosed HIV live in sub-Saharan Africa and vulnerable laboratory systems undermine testing services. Methods A facility-based mixed-approach cross-sectional study was conducted from January 1 to February 1, 2020. A total of 23 health facilities were included in the study which stratified into hospitals and health centers. Six months of bin card records and request and resupply forms (RRFs) were reviewed. Data were collected through physical inventory, observation, and document review. After the data was imported into the MS Excel 2016 spreadsheet, it was analyzed using SPSS | Version 20 | Software. In addition, 12 semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted and responses were analysed using a thematic approach. Results The entire health facility had RRF reports and bin card records while the availability of HIV rapid test kits was 75%. More than half, 38 (55.1%) of the bin card records were updated and the average data accuracy of bin cards was 84.1%. The data quality of the RRF reports was determined accurate 18 (78.3%), complete 15 (65.22%), and on-time 7 (30.3%). Sixteen (69.6%) health facilities experienced at least one stock out with an average daily stock out of 4%. The wastage rate was 0.0083%. Only 9 (39.1%) health facilities have fulfilled acceptable storage conditions. Conclusion Most of the health facilities did no longer fulfilled acceptable storage conditions. Similarly, the data quality of most bin card records and RRF reports was poor. This deprived inventory management practice was likely related to supply, staff, and documentation challenges.","PeriodicalId":45655,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83630946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Analysis of Pharmaceuticals Inventory Management Using ABC-VEN Matrix Analysis in Selected Health Facilities of West Shewa Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia","authors":"Magarsa Bayissa Deressa, T. B. Beressa, Awol Jemal","doi":"10.2147/IPRP.S354810","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2147/IPRP.S354810","url":null,"abstract":"Background The medical materials, medical supplies, and medicines cover about one-third of the annual health care organization’s budget. Effective inventory management is required to balance inventory expenditure against demands for medications. The study aimed to analyze the pharmaceuticals inventory management using ABC-VEN Matrix in selected health facilities of the West Shewa zone. Methods A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted in health facilities of the West Shewa zone from March 15, 2019, to May 31, 2019, and analyzed by using an MS Excel spreadsheet. Results At selected public health facilities of West Shewa zone in three years between September 12, 2015, and September 5, 2018, about 539 pharmaceutical items were utilized and consumed 30,837,628.61 ETB. ABC analysis indicated that 64 (11.9%), 68 (13.74%), and 38 (11.14%) of items were classified as the class “A” items and consumed around 70% of the total pharmaceutical expenditures (TPE) at selected health facilities (aggregated), hospitals, and health centers (HC), respectively. VEN analysis revealed that 115 (35.94%), 99 (35.61%), and 40 (20.83%) items were categorized as vitals and consumed 53.9%, 51.59%, and 36.93% of TPE at selected health facilities. ABC-VEN matrix analysis indicated that category I items consumed 85% of TPE. Conclusion ABC-VEN matrix analysis of present study showed that the category I pharmaceuticals consumed a majority of TPE that need great attention for control.","PeriodicalId":45655,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2022-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82611276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Teamwork in Health Care Services Delivery in Nigeria: A Mixed Methods Assessment of Perceptions and Lived Experiences of Pharmacists in a Tertiary Hospital.","authors":"Elijah Mohammed,&nbsp;Warren G McDonald,&nbsp;Adaobi C Ezike","doi":"10.2147/IPRP.S331041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2147/IPRP.S331041","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Lack of teamwork is the bane of weak and ineffective health care systems in many countries. This study examined the perceptions and lived experiences of pharmacists working in a Nigerian government-owned (public) multispecialty tertiary hospital regarding teamwork in their workplace.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A sequential explanatory mixed methods study using phenomenological approach of inquiry, was conducted among pharmacists with experience in multidisciplinary health care provision in a public tertiary hospital in Nigeria. Questionnaires with 16 close-ended questions based on a Likert scale, which scored from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (5), were administered. The mean (M) scores were determined using SPSS Version 20; M ≥ 3.00 indicated agree, while M < 3.00 disagree. Subsequently, focus group discussions were conducted, and the audio recorded responses transcribed and subjected to thematic analysis using NVivo 11.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Some participants (50%) had worked for 5-10 years in the hospital's Department of Pharmacy, 25% (11-20 years), and 16.7% (21-30 years). Participants agreed that effective teamwork leads to positive patient outcomes (M = 3.67) and is in the public's interest (M = 4.25). However, they disagreed that their workplace supports teamwork (M = 2.33), effective interprofessional collaborative practices exist in the hospital (M = 1.08), and their remuneration reflects their worth to the organization (M = 2.33). Doctors' dominance and claim of ownership of patients, allied professionals' attitudes and ignorance of pharmacists' roles, salary disparity, poor communication, and defective leadership style among others were identified as impediments to teamwork.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The hospital pharmacists demonstrated positive disposition towards teamwork, and agreed that effective teamwork would improve health care delivery. However, they identified some factors that hinder interprofessional teamwork in the hospital. Principles and practices of teamwork should be incorporated into the curriculum of each discipline; interdisciplinary collaborative practices, health system structure, institutional policies and leadership should be strengthened to enhance teamwork.</p>","PeriodicalId":45655,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2022-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/f5/4e/iprp-11-33.PMC8801360.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39590043","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study on Perceptions and Roles of Community Pharmacists in the Prevention and Management of Cardiovascular Disorders in Northwest Ethiopia.","authors":"Ashenafi Kibret Sendekie,&nbsp;Adeladlew Kassie Netere","doi":"10.2147/IPRP.S348260","DOIUrl":"10.2147/IPRP.S348260","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Community pharmacy professionals are among the initial healthcare providers and could play crucial roles in preventing and managing cardiovascular disorders. This study aimed to assess perceptions and involvements of community pharmacy professionals in the prevention and management of cardiovascular disorders in Gondar city and nearby rural towns, Northwest Ethiopia.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A multi-centered cross-sectional survey was conducted on community pharmacy professionals in Gondar city and the nearby rural towns from June to July 2021. Independent sample <i>t</i>-test and one-way ANOVA were used to show mean score differences of pharmacists towards the prevention and management of cardiovascular diseases. A 95% confidence interval with a P-value of < 0.05 in the tests was considered statistically significant.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 223 initial samples, 210 completed the survey and resulted in a 94.2% response rate. The average perception and involvement scores of the community pharmacy professionals towards the prevention and treatment of the cardiovascular syndromes were 4.1 and 3.8, respectively. Numerous professionals (>86%) agreed on weight reductions, alcohol consumption restrictions and physical exercises to decrease cardiovascular risks. Pharmacy professionals recruited from Gondar city had significantly higher mean scores compared with pharmacy professionals involved from rural towns (P < 0.001). A significant difference in mean involvement score was also noted in regarding the numbers of clients serving/day (P = 0.026).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Community pharmacy professionals had good perceptions on prevention and management of cardiovascular diseases. However, their level of involvement in measuring weight, blood pressure and glucose level, dispensing equipment for home blood pressure and glucose monitoring and keeping records of patients needs to be encouraged. Professionals might benefit from enhanced training to increase their knowledge and confidence.</p>","PeriodicalId":45655,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2022-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/f8/0e/iprp-11-21.PMC8784253.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39862139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Pharmacies in the Airport Ecosystem and How They Serve Travelers' Health and Medicines Need: Findings and Implications for the Future.","authors":"Bhuvan Kc,&nbsp;Alian A Alrasheedy,&nbsp;Peter A Leggat,&nbsp;Nagashekhara Molugulu,&nbsp;Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim,&nbsp;Asmita Priyadarshini Khatiwada,&nbsp;Sunil Shrestha","doi":"10.2147/IPRP.S345621","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2147/IPRP.S345621","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Pharmacists at airport pharmacies could offer essential health services for air travelers. Consequently, this study aimed to explore the type of professional services, the types of medicines at airport pharmacies and the pharmacists' experiences and views regarding their practices.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A qualitative study was conducted with pharmacists practicing in airport pharmacies from June 2020 to December 2020. A validated Google form-based interview questionnaire was developed, and the electronic link was sent to the participants. Recruitment of participants was continued until data saturation was achieved. In total, 15 pharmacists working at different airport pharmacies in different countries were included. Thematic analysis was used in the data analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The study identified six major themes including type of professional services and medicines at airport pharmacies, pharmacists' experiences, challenges at the airport pharmacy, suggestions to improve airport pharmacy services, pandemics and the role of pharmacists, and business aspect of the airport pharmacies. The study showed that several professional services provided at airport pharmacies, including the provision of medicines, health products, general health services, travel health services, and counseling. Moreover, 46.7% of the participants reported having a dedicated travel health service. In addition, most of the participants described their experience at airport pharmacies as good and exciting as they met different people from different countries. The most common challenges that pharmacists face at airport pharmacies include language barriers, requests for different medicine brands by travelers, and financial issues. The participants indicated that there is a need for promotion of pharmacists' role in providing health care services at airport pharmacies.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The study showed that pharmacists could play vital roles in providing medicines and health care services for air travelers. However, there is still further scope for improvement in this sector of the pharmacy profession to ensure a more active role in travel medicine.</p>","PeriodicalId":45655,"journal":{"name":"Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2022-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/7a/45/iprp-11-9.PMC8761072.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39833857","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}