An Exploratory Sequential Mixed Method Evaluation Of General Practitioners, Pharmacists, Consumers And Pharmacy Students' Knowledge, Perception And Attitude On Contemporary Issues Surrounding Generic Medicine Use In Karachi, Pakistan

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dc.contributor.authorJamshed, Shazia
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-08T01:13:12Z
dc.date.available2018-08-08T01:13:12Z
dc.date.issued2011-07
dc.description.abstractDeveloping countries are struggling with the high cost of treatment and Pakistan is not an exception to this issue. Generic medicines could be instrumental in curtailing the cost of treatment and reduce healthcare expenditures in Pakistan. Therefore, it is imperative to ascertain the knowledge, perception and attitudes of different stakeholders in this regard. The study used a sequential mixed-method research in which the qualitative and quantitative approaches were applied. The qualitative data was collected through in-depth semi-structured, face-to-face interviews with general practitioners, pharmacists, consumers, and pharmacy students. Saturation point, a peak after which no new information was sought from additional interviews, was achieved at 11 for doctors, 11 for pharmacists, 29 for consumers and 28 for pharmacy students. A combination of a priori themes and emergent themes from content analysis identified gaps in knowledge of generic medicines among general practitioners, consumers, and pharmacy students. Likewise, in terms of perception and attitude, with the exception of students the opinions of all the stakeholders seem to be divided. The questionnaires which were formed on the basis of qualitative results as well as literature search were distributed and collected by hand after pretested and validated; except for consumers wherein interview-administered instrument was used. Four separate survey questionnaires were used in the quantitative part of the study. Appropriate descriptive and inferential statistics were performed in each part of the study. A priori significance level of 0.05 was used. The survey questionnaire for general practitioners was distributed to 289 GPs. A total of 206 GPs (71.3%) completed the survey. More than 70% (n=148; 71.8%) of the general practitioners showed correct understanding that generic medicines are copy of the brand name medicines. General practitioners expressed good perception and attitude towards generic medicine prescribing.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/6237
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversiti Sains Malaysiaen_US
dc.subjectGeneric medicines could be instrumentalen_US
dc.subjecthealthcare expenditures in Pakistanen_US
dc.titleAn Exploratory Sequential Mixed Method Evaluation Of General Practitioners, Pharmacists, Consumers And Pharmacy Students' Knowledge, Perception And Attitude On Contemporary Issues Surrounding Generic Medicine Use In Karachi, Pakistanen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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