Do Healthcare Providers' Knowledge associated with Therapeutic drug monitoring services in Duhok-Iraq? · Alnoor Digital Repository

Title: Do Healthcare Providers' Knowledge associated with Therapeutic drug monitoring services in Duhok-Iraq?
Abstract: Background and aim: Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM) is an important clinical test for ensuring that an optimal dosage concentration for a patient is maintained. However, many challenges exist that hinder clinicians from performing TDM. The study's objective is to assess the healthcare providers' (HCP) knowledge and attitude of TDM, its availability, and their awareness and importance of this test.
Methodology: In a cross-sectional study, the research setting was Healthcare Provider (HCP) in Duhok Governorate. A survey questionnaire was used for data collection, distributed through Google Forms. The sample of HCP was selected randomly. The study's findings shed light on HCPs' knowledge and attitude about PK/TDM.
Results: Most respondents were between 30 and 50 years old (65.4%). Male responders dominated (71.5%), and 40.8% were pharmacists. Significant association of total knowledge score among different medical degrees (p-value =0.03) and training courses (p value=0.01). Also, 67.6% of the respondents strongly agreed that patient care requires dose adjustment. Other (53.1%) strongly agreed that PK/TDM improves practice.
Conclusion: The study found that the knowledge and attitude of HCP were sufficient. However, some changes must be made to hinder practice more smoothly for HCP, Such as pharmacokinetics (PK) being part of the study and hospitals having special TDM laboratories, which can help enhance patient outcomes.
Scientific Type: تطبيقي
Link: https://www.jptcp.com/index.php/jptcp/article/view/1831
Journal volume: vol.30,No.11
Collaboration type: مشترك
Publish Date: May 5, 2023
Participated Universities (Publication): Alnoor University; Duhok University
Scopus status: Not in Scopus
Clarivate status: Not In Clarivate
Pub. Med. status: Not In PubMed
Author (Publication): عمر قتيبة بدر الدين محمود
Journal (Publication): Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology
Publisher (Publication): Dougmar Publishing Group Inc
ISSN: 2561-8741
Country (Publication): Canada
Country type: عالمية
College (Publication): College of Pharmacy
Departement (Publication): Department of Pharmacy

Media: Academic Paper