Original Research Article
Year: 2022 | Month: December | Volume: 12 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 122-127
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20221220
Exploring Attitude, Knowledge of Community-Setting Pharmacist Regarding Calcium Supplementation Associated with Cardiovascular Risk
Dr. S. Daniel Sundar Singh1, Boopathy Raja2, Aswathy3, Ranjini3, Dinesh Kumar G2
1Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, C.L.Baid Metha College of Pharmacy, Chennai. Tamil Nadu
2C.L. Baid Metha College of Pharmacy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
3Department of Pharmacy Practice, Hillside college of pharmacy and Research Centre, Bangalore
Corresponding Author: Dr. S. Daniel Sundar Singh
ABSTRACT
High calcium intake, which is thought to increase the risk of myocardial infarction, stroke, and cardiovascular mortality as well as non-cardiovascular events like kidney stones, is being consumed by a large portion of the general population, raising questions about the cardiovascular effects of calcium supplementation. It is crucial to educate healthcare professionals, especially pharmacists in community settings, on the long-term use of calcium supplements linked to cardiovascular risk in order to address this rapidly expanding issue. In our 3 months cross sectional survey total 500 community -setting pharmacists were included from various types of pharmacy including independent and chain pharmacy shops situated in 5 districts of Tamil Nadu. A self-administered validated questionnaire was used to assess the attitude, knowledge of community-setting pharmacist regarding calcium Supplementation associated with cardiovascular risk. It was observed that most of the community pharmacists gave a negative response (53.71%) to all the questions asked. While the percentage of uncertainty (don't know, 35.48%) regarding the answers for the questions closely followed the negative responses, the positive responses remained largely lower (10.4%). Our study reveals that many of the community-setting pharmacists are need to be educated on calcium supplementation and its risk concerning the burden of public health
Key words: [Pharmacist, Community, Community Pharmacist, Calcium, Attitude, Knowledge]