Perception among Future Healthcare Providers about Treatment and Management of ALS
Muhammad Zahid Iqbal
Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, AIMST University, 08100, Bedong, Kedah Darul Aman, Malaysia.
Salah-Ud-Din Khan
Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Eldowaik Mohamed Salah Saad
Department of Hospital and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Cyberjaya, Cyberjaya, Malaysia.
Muhammad Shahid Iqbal *
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Al-kharj, 11942, Saudi Arabia.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Objective: The objective of the study was to determine the perception of future healthcare providers regarding Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) in a private medical university.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using a convenience sampling method. A self-developed and pre-validated tool was used to collect data from students studying in three health care faculties of a university in Malaysia. The Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 24.0 was used to analyze the data.
Results: A total of 268 healthcare students from three faculties (medical, pharmacy and dental) participated in the current study More female students 183 (68.3%) participated than the male students 85 (31.7%) in current study.
Conclusion: Overall appropriate perception was observed among the studied future healthcare providers. The present study concluded that pharmacy students had more positive perception regarding ALS than the rest of the participants.
Keywords: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS, perception, future healthcare providers.