Knowledge, attitude, perceived barriers, and practices among pharmacists regarding risk assessment of cardiovascular disease: a cross-sectional study in Yemen.
Fahmi Y Al-AshwalSyed Azhar Syed SulaimanSiti Maisharah Sheikh GhadziMohammed Abdullah KubasAbdulsalam M HalboupPublished in: Current medical research and opinion (2021)
Pharmacists have a high positive attitude toward CVD risk assessment. However, they had insufficient knowledge and only provided limited activities and counseling services for CVD prevention and statin therapy. Participants perceived several barriers to CVD risk assessment services in pharmacies. Therefore, it is necessary to remove these impediments for pharmacists to be more involved in CVD risk assessment and prevention. Also, continuing medical education and adequate training for pharmacists are required.
Keyphrases
- risk assessment
- healthcare
- medical education
- cardiovascular disease
- human health
- primary care
- heavy metals
- mental health
- physical activity
- depressive symptoms
- general practice
- social support
- coronary artery disease
- stem cells
- risk factors
- hepatitis c virus
- bone marrow
- hiv testing
- replacement therapy
- low density lipoprotein