Pharmacist’s Knowledge, Attitude, And Practice Towards Type II Diabetes Mellitus Patient in Tabuk City, Saudi Arabia

Background: Although pharmacists have traditionally been involved in dispensing medications and providing patient counseling, there is mounting evidence that they may improve the clinical and humanistic outcomes for people with diabetes via a variety of supplementary services. The objective of the study is to determine the Knowledge, attitude and practice of pharmacist’s in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia about Type II Diabetes Mellitus. Methods: This was a cross sectional study conducted at Department of Pharmacy, King Salman Armed forces hospital, Tabuk Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A total of 110 study participants were included in the study. Data was collected with the help of a predesigned questionnaire containing closed ended questions regarding knowledge, attitude and practice of pharmacists toward type II diabetic patients care. Data entry and analysis was done with the help of SPSS version 25. Results: In this study 69.10% of the pharmacists were strongly agree/agree on their prominent role in diabetic patient care. About 77.30% pharmacists were strongly agree/agree for the fact that prescribing physicians are the only professionals who need to understand and 86.40% were strongly agree/agree that pharmacist role can improve diabetic patient care. Among pharmacists 60% were strongly agree/agree for that fact that their role can minimize the medications related complaints. Attitude and practice towards medicine dispensing and related aspect of dispensing were aligned to the standard protocols in their hospital. i.e. screening of prescription, collaboration and communication with health professional/prescriber, education of the patients, participating in workshops related to diabetic patient care and counseling of patients. Conclusion: Results of this study demonstrate that pharmacists had good knowledge, attitude and practice towards their basic dispensing role for type II diabetic patients. But they were full aware of their extended role which can be helpful for ......