Development and Validation of the Questionnaire for the Evaluation of Knowledge about Herbal Preparations (QEK-HP) - - - Sastavljanje i vrednovanje upitnika za procenu znanja o biljnim preparatima (QEK-HP)
Journal Title: Acta Facultatis Medicae Naissensis - Year 2017, Vol 34, Issue 2
Abstract
Phytopreparations, in addition to the pharmacological activity and positive effects on health, can lead to side effects, toxic effects, allergic reactions, as well as the interaction of conventional and herbal medicines. Despite this, there is a generally positive attitude that herbal medicines and herbal dietary supplements are safe and harmless to health and are most often used on its own initiative, without consultations with a pharmacist or a doctor. The aim of this study was to develop and validate a questi-onnaire for measuring the general knowledge about phytopreparations. The study was designed as an observational, prospective cross-sectional study, intended for the valiation of the original epidemiological questionnaire to evaluate the knowledge about phytopre-parations. The sample consisted of 218 respondents, who were visiting private pharmacies at the territory of Bijeljina, in February and March 2016. The final version of the questionnaire for the evaluation of knowledge about herbal preparations had good internal consistency (α= 0.849) and homogeneity when randomly splitting the questionnaire into two parts (α=0.731; 0.788). Exploratory factor analysis singled out two factors. Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that the questionnaire was a valid and reliable instrument for the evaluation of general knowledge about safety of use of phytopreparations. This is very important because the evaluation of knowledge could lead to undertaking measures for improving it, which would reduce the potential adverse reactions and interactions of herbal preparations with conventional drugs, and the application would become safe and optimal. - - - Fitopreparati, pored farmakološke aktivnosti i pozitivnih efekata na zdravlje, mogu dovesti do neželjnog delovanja, toksičnih efekata, alergijskih reakcija, kao i interakcija konvencionalnih i biljnih lekova. Uprkos tome, generalno vlada pozitivan stav da su biljni lekovi i biljni dijetetski suplementi bezbedni i bezopasni po zdravlje i najčešće se koriste na sopstvenu inicijativu, bez konsultacije sa farmaceutom ili ljekarom. Cilj ove studije bila je izrada i validacija upitnika za evaluaciju opšteg znanja o fitopreparatima. Studija je dizajnirana kao opservaciona, prospektivna studija preseka, namenjena validaciji origina-lnog epidemiološkog upitnika za evaluaciju znanja o fitopreparatima. Uzorak je činilo 218 ispitanika, koji su posećivali privatne apoteke na teritoriji Bijeljine, tokom februara i marta 2016. godine. Krajnja verzija Upitnika za procenu znanja o biljnim preparatima, poseduje dobru unutrašnju konzi-stentnost (α=0,849) i homogenost prilikom nasumičnog deljenja upitnika na dva dela (α=0,731; 0,788). Eksplorativnom faktorskom analizom ektrahovana su dva faktora. Na osnovu rezultata studije može se zaključiti da je upitnik validan i pouzdan instrument za procenu opšteg znanja o bezbednosti primene fitopreparata. Ovo je veoma bitno jer bi se evaluacijom znanja, mogle preduzeti mere za unapređenje istog, čime bi se smanjile potencijalne neželjene reakcije i interakcije fitopreparata sa konvencionalnim lekovima, a primena postala bezbedna i optimalna.
Authors and Affiliations
Snježana Mirković, Slobodan Janković, Jelena Džudović, Vladimir Gužvić
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