Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Malaysian Pharmacoethics Instrument

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spelling 10486 https://intelek.unisza.edu.my/intelek/pages/view.php?ref=10486 https://intelek.unisza.edu.my/intelek/pages/search.php?search=!collection407072 Restricted Document Article Journal application/pdf 4 1.5 Adobe Acrobat Pro DC 20 Paper Capture Plug-in Canon Canon 2014-09-10 15:21:35 4510-01-FH02-PPKKH-14-01450.pdf UniSZA Private Access Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Malaysian Pharmacoethics Instrument International Journal for Pharmaceutical Research Scholars This study aimed to devise an instrument based on the Malaysian Code of Conduct for Pharmacists and Bodies Corporate for the measurement of ethical practices among community pharmacists in Malaysia, and to test its validity and reliability. A set of questionnaire was designed and refined via an expert group discussion and statistical analysis. It contains four sections; personal information, pharmacy information, undergraduate training information and profession-related questions. The latter section was scored on 5-point Likert scale. The instrument was administered to 32 randomly-chosen community pharmacists (male=12, female=20; majority age-ranee=31-35years; bumiputra=30; married=25). Data was analysed using SPSS for Windows version 12.0. Validity of the instrument was examined by performing exploratory factor analysis. Its internal consistency reliability was measured via Cronbach's alpha value while test-retest reliability was assessed by intraclass correlation coefficient. Four main factors were extracted from 33 items in the profession-related section (explaining 46.4 % of total variance); which emerged under four themes identified as Business Practice, Ethical Practice, Professional Practice and Personal Attitude. After deletion of one unstable item, Cronbach's alpha values were 0.730 (Business Practice), 0.80 (Ethical Practice), 0.71 (Professional Practice) and 0.66 (Personal Attitude). The test-retest intraclass correlation coefficient values were 0.80 (Business Practice), 0.80 (Ethical Practice), 0.74 (Professional Practice) and 0.73 (Personal Attitude). These results indicate early evidence of the instrument's validity and reliability for use in Malaysia. As such, the study of pharmacoethics among community pharmacists holds a promising future with the generation of this new instrument. 3 3 90-93
spellingShingle Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Malaysian Pharmacoethics Instrument
summary This study aimed to devise an instrument based on the Malaysian Code of Conduct for Pharmacists and Bodies Corporate for the measurement of ethical practices among community pharmacists in Malaysia, and to test its validity and reliability. A set of questionnaire was designed and refined via an expert group discussion and statistical analysis. It contains four sections; personal information, pharmacy information, undergraduate training information and profession-related questions. The latter section was scored on 5-point Likert scale. The instrument was administered to 32 randomly-chosen community pharmacists (male=12, female=20; majority age-ranee=31-35years; bumiputra=30; married=25). Data was analysed using SPSS for Windows version 12.0. Validity of the instrument was examined by performing exploratory factor analysis. Its internal consistency reliability was measured via Cronbach's alpha value while test-retest reliability was assessed by intraclass correlation coefficient. Four main factors were extracted from 33 items in the profession-related section (explaining 46.4 % of total variance); which emerged under four themes identified as Business Practice, Ethical Practice, Professional Practice and Personal Attitude. After deletion of one unstable item, Cronbach's alpha values were 0.730 (Business Practice), 0.80 (Ethical Practice), 0.71 (Professional Practice) and 0.66 (Personal Attitude). The test-retest intraclass correlation coefficient values were 0.80 (Business Practice), 0.80 (Ethical Practice), 0.74 (Professional Practice) and 0.73 (Personal Attitude). These results indicate early evidence of the instrument's validity and reliability for use in Malaysia. As such, the study of pharmacoethics among community pharmacists holds a promising future with the generation of this new instrument.
title Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Malaysian Pharmacoethics Instrument
title_full Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Malaysian Pharmacoethics Instrument
title_fullStr Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Malaysian Pharmacoethics Instrument
title_full_unstemmed Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Malaysian Pharmacoethics Instrument
title_short Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Malaysian Pharmacoethics Instrument
title_sort development and psychometric evaluation of the malaysian pharmacoethics instrument