Awareness of the rational use of antibiotics among pharmacists

The authors of thesis for master’s degree are: Ramunė Mikalauskienė and Rasa Žalinauskienė. The subject of thesis is - Awareness of the Rational Use of Antibiotics among Pharmacists. Aim of the thesis: to evaluate awareness of the rational use of antibiotics among pharmacists. Tasks of the thesis: 1) to study pharmacists’ role in promoting the rational use of antibiotics; 2) to prepare questionnaire and survey with it part of Lithuanian pharmacist and to evaluate their awareness about rational use of antibiotics; 3) to evaluate, do Lithuanian pharmacist have sufficient knowledge about rational use of antibiotics, and do they use that knowledge when sell antibiotics. In order to find out pharmacists awareness about the rational use of antibiotics it was used theoretical, empirical and statistical methods of assessment. The survey with questionnaire was conducted in February of 2017, randomly spreading paper questionnaires in various Lithuanian cities to pharmacists and pharmacist’s assistants (pharmacy technicians) of various ages, and questionnaire in Google Forms format was spread via e-mail. It was received back fully filled 80 paper and 160 electronic – in total 260 questionnaires. During statistical assessment of data, answers dependence was analyzed with statistical analysis program SPSS version 24, which was used to calculate statistical significance value p of Pearson’s chi square criteria and Fisher‘s exact criteria. Results. Even 83,8% (218) respondents choose the answer indicating that they still need make efforts to get additional new knowledge about antibiotics (answers to this question statistically significantly connected p<0,05 with professional experience standing). Biggest part of the questions imposed to evaluate exact knowledge about antibiotics and diseases they intended to treat, shows tendency, that correct answers chose over 80% of respondents, and even four questions answers are statistically significantly connected with professional education, even five questions – with professional experience standing (p