Table 3 Attitude of pharmacists towards adaptive measures during COVID-19 pandemic in wards
No | Adaptive measures | Strongly disagree n (%) | Disagree n (%) | Neutral n (%) | Agree n (%) | Strongly agree n (%) | Mean (SD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Implement drug shortage mitigation strategies | 1 (0.6) | 2 (1.1) | 61 (34.9) | 82 (46.9) | 29 (16.6) | 3.78 (0.75) |
2 | Prioritize drug supply to patients who are most likely to benefit | 2 (1.1) | 2 (1.1) | 24 (13.7) | 97 (55.4) | 50 (28.6) | 4.09 (0.75) |
3 | Formulary restrictions for COVID-19 therapies should be developed (i.e. restrictions on hospital drug use due to limited supply) | 1 (0.6) | 7 (4.0) | 40 (22.9) | 99 (56.6) | 28 (16.0) | 3.83 (0.76) |
4 | Develop local COVID-19 treatment protocol | 1 (0.6) | 1 (0.6) | 16 (9.1) | 109 (62.3) | 48 (27.4) | 4.15 (0.65) |
5 | Educating physicians about formulary restrictions | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.1) | 11 (6.3) | 103 (58.9) | 59 (33.7) | 4.25 (0.62) |
6 | Remote inpatient review via electronic Hospital Information System | 1 (0.6) | 3 (1.7) | 43 (24.6) | 77 (44.0) | 51 (29.1) | 3.99 (0.81) |
7 | Improvement of internet connection in hospital | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (5.1) | 48 (27.4) | 118 (67.4) | 4.62 (0.58) |
8 | Hospital to provide internet-enabled mobile devices for pharmacists to perform virtual counselling and medication history assessment | 2 (1.1) | 1 (0.6) | 15 (8.6) | 65 (37.1) | 92 (52.6) | 4.39 (0.76) |
9 | Availability of drug counselling videos in other languages besides Malay and English language | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.6) | 11 (6.3) | 71 (40.6) | 92 (52.6) | 4.45 (0.64) |