A knowledge, attitude and practice study about gastro-oesophageal reflux disease towards pharmacy students in private institution at Chennai
A web based cross sectional study
Keywords:
GERD, pharmacy students, knowledge, questionnaireAbstract
Aim - The aim of the study is to show the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding Gastro-esophageal reflux disease among pharmacy students in private institution at Chennai. Material and Methods- The study is carried out with a sample size of 109 students in VISTAS, Pallavaram, at Chennai. It is a web based cross –sectional study. The data were collected by e-questionnaire of 25 questions into 4 domains, where demographic details and questions regarding knowledge, attitude and practice of Gastro-esophageal reflux disease where asked among pharmacy students in private institution. Result and Discussion- In our study questionnaire was circulated to 109 pharmacy students totally, but only 106 pharmacy students have responded giving response rate of (97.2%) who is studying in private institution at Chennai. Majority of pharmacy students responded from the age group above 22 years 32(34%), Most of response were from Male participants 60(56.6%) and Pharm D students 84(79.2%).The study result shows that pharmacy students have 77.6% knowledge about GERD, 85.7% attitude towards GERD and 75.9% practice towards GERD. Conclusion- The present study concluded that pharmacy student have adequate knowledge, attitude and practice about GERD and its management and have enough awareness regarding GERD management among pharmacy students.
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