Perceptions on smoking cessation counselling competency among Malaysian pharmacy undergraduates: A preliminary study

Background: There is a paucity of literature pertaining to smoking cessation counselling among Malaysian pharmacy students. Aims: To assess pharmacy students’ perceptions from a private institution on their smoking cessation counselling competency. The relationships between constructs, namely sel...

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Main Authors:	Simansalam, Saraswathi, Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki
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Language:	English English
Published:	International Pharmaceutical Federation 2017
Subjects:	RS Pharmacy and materia medica
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spelling	iium-105322017-06-23T02:31:09Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/10532/ Perceptions on smoking cessation counselling competency among Malaysian pharmacy undergraduates: A preliminary study Simansalam, Saraswathi Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki RS Pharmacy and materia medica Background: There is a paucity of literature pertaining to smoking cessation counselling among Malaysian pharmacy students. Aims: To assess pharmacy students’ perceptions from a private institution on their smoking cessation counselling competency. The relationships between constructs, namely self-efficacy, attitude, perceived ideal roles of pharmacists pertaining to smoking cessation counselling, practice activities and knowledge were also explored. The role of prior exposure to tobacco-related topics for selected constructs was determined. Lastly, students’ actual involvement in activities pertaining to provision of smoking cessation counselling was determined. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted whereby a 69-item questionnaire was administered to 140 pharmacy undergraduates to assess their perceptions on smoking cessation counselling competency which included self-efficacy, attitude, ideal role of pharmacists in providing smoking cessation counselling, knowledge and practice activities. Descriptive statistics, standard deviations and bivariate correlations were determined for all the constructs. The odds ratio were calculated to examine the relationships between the practice activities with other constructs. The mean differences, t-values, were determined to understand the role of prior exposure to tobacco-related topics for the selected constructs. The actual number and percentage of students’ involvement in activities related to smoking cessation counselling by their year of study were tabulated. Results: A total of 137 students responded, of whom 77 from the final year and the remaining 60 from the third year. Generally, low scores were obtained for practice activities and knowledge. Self-efficacy and ideal role perceptions were significantly associated with the practice activities included in the questionnaire. The final year students, who had prior exposure to tobacco-related topics had significantly higher self-efficacy for smoking cessation counselling competency. Conclusion: The low level of knowledge among the participants necessitates further training. Students with a minimal, approximately two-hour prior exposure to tobacco-related topics, demonstrated significantly higher self-efficacy. An implication of this study is that tobacco-related curricula focussing on smoking cessation counselling would be of value to future pharmacists in terms of their perceived competency as well as actual provision of smoking cessation counselling. International Pharmaceutical Federation 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/10532/1/10532_Perceptions%20on%20smoking%20cessation.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/10532/2/10532_Perceptions%20on%20smoking%20cessation_SCOPUS.pdf Simansalam, Saraswathi and Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki (2017) Perceptions on smoking cessation counselling competency among Malaysian pharmacy undergraduates: A preliminary study. Pharmacy Education, 17 (1). pp. 136-142. ISSN 1477-2701 http://pharmacyeducation.fip.org/pharmacyeducation/article/view/404
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description	Background: There is a paucity of literature pertaining to smoking cessation counselling among Malaysian pharmacy students. Aims: To assess pharmacy students’ perceptions from a private institution on their smoking cessation counselling competency. The relationships between constructs, namely self-efficacy, attitude, perceived ideal roles of pharmacists pertaining to smoking cessation counselling, practice activities and knowledge were also explored. The role of prior exposure to tobacco-related topics for selected constructs was determined. Lastly, students’ actual involvement in activities pertaining to provision of smoking cessation counselling was determined. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted whereby a 69-item questionnaire was administered to 140 pharmacy undergraduates to assess their perceptions on smoking cessation counselling competency which included self-efficacy, attitude, ideal role of pharmacists in providing smoking cessation counselling, knowledge and practice activities. Descriptive statistics, standard deviations and bivariate correlations were determined for all the constructs. The odds ratio were calculated to examine the relationships between the practice activities with other constructs. The mean differences, t-values, were determined to understand the role of prior exposure to tobacco-related topics for the selected constructs. The actual number and percentage of students’ involvement in activities related to smoking cessation counselling by their year of study were tabulated. Results: A total of 137 students responded, of whom 77 from the final year and the remaining 60 from the third year. Generally, low scores were obtained for practice activities and knowledge. Self-efficacy and ideal role perceptions were significantly associated with the practice activities included in the questionnaire. The final year students, who had prior exposure to tobacco-related topics had significantly higher self-efficacy for smoking cessation counselling competency. Conclusion: The low level of knowledge among the participants necessitates further training. Students with a minimal, approximately two-hour prior exposure to tobacco-related topics, demonstrated significantly higher self-efficacy. An implication of this study is that tobacco-related curricula focussing on smoking cessation counselling would be of value to future pharmacists in terms of their perceived competency as well as actual provision of smoking cessation counselling.
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author	Simansalam, Saraswathi Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki
author_facet	Simansalam, Saraswathi Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki
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title	Perceptions on smoking cessation counselling competency among Malaysian pharmacy undergraduates: A preliminary study
title_short	Perceptions on smoking cessation counselling competency among Malaysian pharmacy undergraduates: A preliminary study
title_full	Perceptions on smoking cessation counselling competency among Malaysian pharmacy undergraduates: A preliminary study
title_fullStr	Perceptions on smoking cessation counselling competency among Malaysian pharmacy undergraduates: A preliminary study
title_full_unstemmed	Perceptions on smoking cessation counselling competency among Malaysian pharmacy undergraduates: A preliminary study
title_sort	perceptions on smoking cessation counselling competency among malaysian pharmacy undergraduates: a preliminary study
publisher	International Pharmaceutical Federation
publishDate	2017
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Perceptions on smoking cessation counselling competency among Malaysian pharmacy undergraduates: A preliminary study

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