Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
52nd ESCP Symposium on Clinical Pharmacy. Implementing and scaling sustainable clinical pharmacy practice, Krakow, Polonya, 21 - 23 Ekim 2024, cilt.47, ss.534-535, (Özet Bildiri)
Background: Pharmacists play a crucial role on educating the public about sexually transmitted diseases, and human papilloma virus (HPV) is one of the most transmitted in the world. Pharmacy students are future pharmacists therefore their knowledge is also important. To our knowledge there is no study in literature assessing only pharmacy students’ knowledge in Türkiye.
Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the pharmacy students’ knowledge on HPV, their willingness to receive education about HPV and to assess the deficiencies of knowledge on HPV.
Method: This study was a descriptive study including all grade pharmacy students in a private university, excluding English prep class students. Participants’ demographic data and other relevant information were collected and Human Papilloma Virus—Knowledge Scale (HPV-KS), previously validated to Turkish by Demir Bozkurt and Özdemir was employed for evaluation of knowledge [1]. Pharmacy students were randomly selected and questionnaires were applied to the participants face to face between May 6th, 2024, and May 10th, 2024. Analyses such as mean value, standard deviation and t-test were performed using SPSS 23.0 program.
Results: A total of 79 students were participated in the study with 70.9% (n = 56) being female. Participants mean age was 21.8 ± 1.8 and the mean score was 18.4 ± 5.1. Highest score obtained from the questionnaire was 28 and lowest was 0, out of 33. Female participants had the mean score of 19.7 ± 4.4, in contrast to male participants 15.4 ± 5.5 (p < 0.01). Only 16.5% (n = 13) of the participants received prior education. The participant who received prior education had the mean score of 21.2 ± 3.2, where others had 17.9 ± 5.2 (p < 0.01). On the contrary, 87.3% (n = 69) of the participants were willing to receive education on HPV. The most preferred way to receive such education was via video by 37.2% (n = 27).
Conclusion: Although female participants and those with prior education scored significantly higher, there are some certain aspects that are unknown or misunderstood. Nevertheless, most of them are willing to receive education and improve their knowledge. An education may enable pharmacy students to provide education more effectively and improve their future contribution to public health. For this reason, it is important to include HPV infection, methods of protection and vaccination in the clinical pharmacy courses that students take during undergraduate education.
References/Acknowledgments
[1] F. Demir Bozkurt and S. Özdemir, “Validity and reliability of a Turkish version of the human papillomavirus knowledge scale: a methodological study,” J Turk Ger Gynecol Assoc, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 177–186, Sep. 2023, https://doi.org/10.4274/jtgga.galenos.2023.2022-10-9