Understanding and perceptions of final-year Doctor of Pharmacy students about generic medicines in Karachi, Pakistan: a quantitative insight
General objective: To evaluate the understanding and perceptions of generic medicines among final-year Doctor of Pharmacy students in Karachi, Pakistan. Methods: A 23-item survey instrument that included a question on the bioequivalence limits and Likert-type scale questions regarding the understan...
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| author | Jamshed, Shazia Qasim Ibrahim, Mohamad Izham Mohamad Hassali, Mohamad Azmi Sharrad, Adheed Khalid Shafie, Asrul Akmal Babar, Zaheer-Ud-Din |
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| description | General objective: To evaluate the understanding and perceptions of generic medicines among final-year Doctor of Pharmacy students in Karachi, Pakistan.
Methods: A 23-item survey instrument that included a question on the bioequivalence limits and Likert-type scale questions regarding the understanding and perceptions of generic medicines among the students was executed. Cronbach’s alpha was found to be 0.62.
Results: Responses were obtained from 236 final-year Doctor of Pharmacy students (n=85 from a publicly funded institute; n=151 from a privately funded institute). When comparing a brand-name medicine to a generic medicine, pharmacy students scored poorly on bioequivalence limits. More than 80% of the students incorrectly answered that all the products that are rated as generic equivalents are therapeutically equivalent to each other (P,0.04). Half of the students agreed that a generic medicine is bioequivalent to the brand-name medicine (P,0.001). With regard to quality, effectiveness, and safety, more than 75% of the students disagreed that generic medicines are of inferior quality and are less effective than brand-name medicines (P,0.001). More than 50% of the students disagreed that generic medicines produce more side effects than brand-name medicines (P,0.001).
Conclusion: The current study identified a positive perception toward generic medicines but also gaps in the understanding of generic medicines. Pharmacy students lacked a thorough understanding of the concepts of bioequivalence. Pharmacy academia should address these issues, which will help build confidence in generic medicines and increase the generic medicine |
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| spelling | iium-430522017-06-20T00:39:35Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/43052/ Understanding and perceptions of final-year Doctor of Pharmacy students about generic medicines in Karachi, Pakistan: a quantitative insight Jamshed, Shazia Qasim Ibrahim, Mohamad Izham Mohamad Hassali, Mohamad Azmi Sharrad, Adheed Khalid Shafie, Asrul Akmal Babar, Zaheer-Ud-Din RS Pharmacy and materia medica General objective: To evaluate the understanding and perceptions of generic medicines among final-year Doctor of Pharmacy students in Karachi, Pakistan. Methods: A 23-item survey instrument that included a question on the bioequivalence limits and Likert-type scale questions regarding the understanding and perceptions of generic medicines among the students was executed. Cronbach’s alpha was found to be 0.62. Results: Responses were obtained from 236 final-year Doctor of Pharmacy students (n=85 from a publicly funded institute; n=151 from a privately funded institute). When comparing a brand-name medicine to a generic medicine, pharmacy students scored poorly on bioequivalence limits. More than 80% of the students incorrectly answered that all the products that are rated as generic equivalents are therapeutically equivalent to each other (P,0.04). Half of the students agreed that a generic medicine is bioequivalent to the brand-name medicine (P,0.001). With regard to quality, effectiveness, and safety, more than 75% of the students disagreed that generic medicines are of inferior quality and are less effective than brand-name medicines (P,0.001). More than 50% of the students disagreed that generic medicines produce more side effects than brand-name medicines (P,0.001). Conclusion: The current study identified a positive perception toward generic medicines but also gaps in the understanding of generic medicines. Pharmacy students lacked a thorough understanding of the concepts of bioequivalence. Pharmacy academia should address these issues, which will help build confidence in generic medicines and increase the generic medicine Dovepress Medical Press 2015-05-15 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/43052/1/article_on_generic_medicine_perception_final_year_pharmacy_students.pdf Jamshed, Shazia Qasim and Ibrahim, Mohamad Izham Mohamad and Hassali, Mohamad Azmi and Sharrad, Adheed Khalid and Shafie, Asrul Akmal and Babar, Zaheer-Ud-Din (2015) Understanding and perceptions of final-year Doctor of Pharmacy students about generic medicines in Karachi, Pakistan: a quantitative insight. Advances in Medical Education and Practice, 6. pp. 359-366. ISSN 1179-7258 http://www.dovepress.com/understanding-and-perceptions-of-final-year-doctor-of-pharmacy-student-peer-reviewed-article-AMEP http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/AMEP.S27762 |
| spellingShingle | RS Pharmacy and materia medica Jamshed, Shazia Qasim Ibrahim, Mohamad Izham Mohamad Hassali, Mohamad Azmi Sharrad, Adheed Khalid Shafie, Asrul Akmal Babar, Zaheer-Ud-Din Understanding and perceptions of final-year Doctor of Pharmacy students about generic medicines in Karachi, Pakistan: a quantitative insight |
| title | Understanding and perceptions of final-year Doctor of Pharmacy students about generic medicines in Karachi, Pakistan: a quantitative insight |
| title_full | Understanding and perceptions of final-year Doctor of Pharmacy students about generic medicines in Karachi, Pakistan: a quantitative insight |
| title_fullStr | Understanding and perceptions of final-year Doctor of Pharmacy students about generic medicines in Karachi, Pakistan: a quantitative insight |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding and perceptions of final-year Doctor of Pharmacy students about generic medicines in Karachi, Pakistan: a quantitative insight |
| title_short | Understanding and perceptions of final-year Doctor of Pharmacy students about generic medicines in Karachi, Pakistan: a quantitative insight |
| title_sort | understanding and perceptions of final-year doctor of pharmacy students about generic medicines in karachi, pakistan: a quantitative insight |
| topic | RS Pharmacy and materia medica |
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