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Publication Open Access Evaluation of awareness and knowledge of antibiotic use of patients applying to a community pharmacy(2022-06-01) RABUŞ, ŞULE; Tezcan S., Bilgin S., Sari H., Apikoglu-Rabus S.Background and Objective: Infectious diseases constitute a large share of the diseases in the world. The use of irrational antimicrobial treatments causes failure in the treatment and toxic side effects in the patient.The aim of our study is to evaluate the knowledge level and attitudes of the patients who applied to the community pharmacy with an antibiotic prescription regarding the use of antibiotics. Setting and Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted in one community pharmacy in Istanbul (Turkey) between November 2021- February 2022. Each patient’s profile was recorded and a selfstructured questionnaire consisted 14 questions was administered to the patients who applied to the pharmacy with an antibiotic prescription. The questionnaire, which was prepared by the researchers on the basis of the relevant literature studies (1,2) and the answer options were determined as ‘‘true, false, I do not know’’. The questionnaire results were scored according to the relevant articles. All data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) version 13. Main outcome measures: To evaluate the knowledge level and attitudes of the patients regarding the use of antibiotics. Results: Of the 39 patients 66.7% were female, and the mean age was 35.2 ± 1.6. Sixty-one percent of the patients were not working in any job. The majority of the patients (79.5%) applied to the pharmacy with the diagnosis of upper respiratory tract disease. The mean awareness score of the patients regarding the use of antibiotics was determined as 7.8 ± 0.4, and it was found to be higher in those who were actively employed than in those who did not (8.8 ± 0.5 vs. 7.1 ± 0.4; p = 0.022). It was determined that 77% of the patients had a moderate level of knowledge about antibiotics. Conclusion: According to the results of the study, awareness, and knowledge regarding the use of antibiotics were insufficient. Community pharmacists as specialist health professionals have a vital role in the rational use of antibiotics via patient education and monitoring. References: 1. Ling Oh A, Hassali MA, Al-Haddad MS, Syed Sulaiman SA, Shafie AA, Awaisu A. Public knowledge and attitudes towards antibiotic usage: a cross-sectional study among the general public in the state of Penang, Malaysia. J Infect Dev Ctries. 2011;5(5):338–347. Published 2011 May 28. doi:10. 3855/jidc.1502 2. Zaidi SF, Baroom MW, Ibrahim Hanbashi A, et al. Cross-Sectional Survey among General Population Regarding Knowledge and Attitude toward Antibiotic Usage in Western Saudi Arabia. Pharmacy (Basel). 2021;9(2):98. Published 2021 May 1. doi:10. 3390/pharmacy9020098 Disclosure of Interest: None Declared.Publication Metadata only Assessment of chemotherapy-related educational needs of colorectal cancer patients(2022-08-01) TEZCAN, SONGÜL; RABUŞ, ŞULE; TEZCAN S., Tanir G. I., Yilmaz H., Memis S., Yumuk P. F., APİKOĞLU Ş.Aim Aim of our study was to evaluate cancer patients\" knowledge about their chemotherapy regimens in order to assess educational needs of patients. Methods Study was conducted on 58 colorectal carcinoma patients who were treated in an outpatient chemotherapy unit. These patients had received a 2-page information pamphlet about their chemotherapy treatments before the commencement of treatment. During the first interview with patients, pharmacist collected demographic data and evaluated patients\" knowledge about their medications using a standardized questionnaire. Findings Mean age of the patients was 59.6 +/- 1.3 years; 65.5% were male. Majority (77.6%) of patients were graduates of primary school. Sixty-four percent of these had at least one comorbid disease. Median number of chemotherapy courses already received by patients was 4 (1-9). Fifty-nine percent reported that they did not receive any patient education and 43.1% reported that they did not receive any informative document. Twenty-nine percent of patients did not know what actions to take in case of nausea-vomiting; while 53.4% did not know how to react if their body temperature exceeded 38 degrees C and 25.9% had no idea about dietary necessities. About one-third of patients did not pay attention to oral care. Conclusion Our study showed that patients did not understand (or remember) the basic points about their chemotherapy sufficiently, but remembered the adverse effects they experienced occasionally. Pharmacists will have the chance to increase the level of knowledge of the patients receiving chemotherapy by providing patient education and follow-up.Publication Open Access Evaluation of attitudes of patients regarding vaccine hesitancy during COVID-19: community pharmacy setting(2022-06-01) RABUŞ, ŞULE; Tezcan S., Koc G., Sari H., Apikoglu-Rabus S.Background and Objective: Vaccine hesitancy leads to decreases in vaccination rates and causes an increase in preventable epidemics and diseases. The aim of this study is to evaluate the attitudes of patients applying to a community pharmacy regarding vaccine hesitancy during COVID-19. Setting and Method: This study was conducted in one community pharmacy for any reason between September and December 2021, Istanbul, Turkey. The ‘‘Scale of Vaccine Hesitancy’’ (1) (consisted of 12-items) was applied to the patients face to face. Sociodemographic characteristics of the patients were recorded. The results of the questionnaire were calculated according to the scale guideline. The higher score represents the higher vaccine hesitancy. Main outcome measures: Scores obtained from the scale of vaccine hesitancy and correlation of the scores with patients’ parameters such as chronical diseases, Covid-19 disease and vaccination history. Results: Of the 43 patients 90% were female. The mean age was 37.5. Thirty-five percent of the participants had COVID-19 and 69.8% had a family history of COVID-19. About 79.1% have had the COVID-19 vaccine and 76% of those were vaccinated with BioNTech and the rest with Sinovac. The mean of the vaccine hesitancy score was calculated as 27.4 (min 12-max 50). Vaccine hesitancy score was higher for patients who were not vaccinated than who were vaccinated (41.0 vs 24.2; p \0.001). The vaccine hesitancy score was higher in patients with chronic disease (28.1), in chronic medication users (28.8), in those who had COVID-19 history (29.5), and those with a family history of COVID-19 (28.2). Cronbach alpha value of the scale is 0.846. Conclusion: It was determined that unvaccinated patients had higher vaccine hesitancy scores. In addition, vaccine hesitancy score was higher in the patients with chronic disease and who had COVID-19. It is very important to have a high rate of vaccination, especially in a pandemic or life-threatening disease. Therefore, educating and relieving patients can be an important step in overcoming this problem. As pharmacists, the closest position to patients, we have a great responsibility in order to change the perspective on vaccination. References: 1. Kılınc¸arslan MG, Sarıgu¨l B, Toraman C¸, S¸ ahin EM. Development of valid and reliable Scale of Vaccine Hesitancy in Turkish language. Konuralp Medical Journal. 2020;12(3):420–429. doi: 10. 18521/ktd.693711 Disclosure of Interest: None Declared.