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JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
Volume 9, Issue 4, Pages 407-411Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jphs.12271
Keywords
children; community pharmacy; dispensing; jordan; off-label medicines; paediatrics; prescribing
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- Deanship of Research at the Jordan University of Science and Technology
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Objectives The aim of this study was to explore self-reported experiences of community pharmacists towards off-label prescribing. Methods Key findings A questionnaire survey was handed directly to pharmacists working in a group of randomly chosen community pharmacies in Jordan. Complete questionnaires were collected 1 week after the questionnaires were distributed. Only a minority of respondents (15%) admitted to being familiar with the concept of off-label prescribing. When asked how they became familiar, 56% reported they had gained their knowledge through dispensing experience rather than undergraduate (14.7%) or postgraduate education (29.3%). The majority of respondents had concerns regarding the efficacy (98%) and safety (95%) of off-label medicines used in children. Conclusions The majority of respondents were not familiar with the concept of off-label medicines. While reporting to have gained their knowledge from their professional experience, only a minority of respondents reported knowingly dispensing off-label medicines for children.
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