Perception of pharmacy students toward opioid-related disorders and roles of community pharmacists: A French nationwide cross-sectional study

David Balayssac; Bruno Pereira; Pierre Cuq; Juliette Douris; Luc Ferrari; Elisa Boutet-Robinet; Mathilde Lechevrel; Christine Demeilliers; Patrice Rat; François Coudoré; Elise Verron; Bruno Lacarelle; Jérôme Guitton; Arnaud Courtois; Delphine Allorge; Stéphanie Pain; Michel Guerbet; Aurore Collin; Brigitte Vennat; Georges Brousse; Nicolas Authier; Catherine Laporte

doi:10.1080/08897077.2020.1850607

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Perception of pharmacy students toward opioid-related disorders and roles of community pharmacists: A French nationwide cross-sectional study

David Balayssac ¹ Bruno Pereira ² Pierre Cuq ³ Juliette Douris ⁴ Luc Ferrari ⁵ Elisa Boutet-Robinet ⁶ Mathilde Lechevrel ⁷ Christine Demeilliers ⁸ Patrice Rat ⁹ François Coudoré ¹⁰ Elise Verron ¹¹ Bruno Lacarelle ¹² Jérôme Guitton ¹³ Arnaud Courtois ¹⁴ Delphine Allorge ¹⁵ Stéphanie Pain ¹⁶ Michel Guerbet ⁷ Aurore Collin ¹ Brigitte Vennat ¹⁷ Georges Brousse ¹⁷ Nicolas Authier ¹ Catherine Laporte ¹⁸

1 Neuro-Dol - Neuro-Dol

2 CHU Clermont-Ferrand

3 IBMM - Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron [Pôle Chimie Balard]

4 FP - UCA - Faculté de Pharmacie - Clermont-Auvergne

5 IJL - Institut Jean Lamour

6 ToxAlim-COMICS - Contaminants & Stress Cellulaire

ToxAlim - ToxAlim

7 ABTE - Aliments Bioprocédés Toxicologie Environnements

8 TIMC-IMAG-EPSP - Environnement et Prédiction de la Santé des Populations

TIMC-IMAG - Techniques de l'Ingénierie Médicale et de la Complexité - Informatique, Mathématiques et Applications Grenoble - UMR 5525

9 CiTCoM - UMR 8038 - Cibles Thérapeutiques et conception de médicaments

10 CESP - Centre de recherche en épidémiologie et santé des populations

11 Université de Nantes - UFR des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques

12 SMARTc - Simulation and Modeling of Adaptive Response for Therapeutics in Cancer

CRCM - Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille

13 ISPB - Institut des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques

14 CAPTV Bordeaux - Centre antipoison et de toxicovigilance (Bordeaux)

15 IMPECS - Impact de l'environnement chimique sur la santé humaine - ULR 4483

16 LNEC - Laboratoire de neurosciences expérimentales et cliniques

17 ACCePPT - AutomédiCation aCcompagnement Pluriprofessionnel PatienT

18 Département de Médecine Générale [Clermont-Ferrand]

Abstract : Background: Community pharmacists are among the frontline health professionals who manage patients with an opioid-related disorder (ORD). Pharmacists frequently have a negative attitude toward these patients, which could have a negative impact on their management. However, education on ORD may improve the attitude of future healthcare professionals. This cross-sectional study aimed to assess French pharmacy students' perceptions of ORD. Methods: This online survey was performed by emails sent to French pharmacy schools (between January 14, 2019 and May 31, 2019). The primary outcome was the perception (visual analogic scale) of ORD as a disease, the roles of community pharmacies (delivery of opioid agonist therapy-OAT and harm reduction kits), and the efficacy of OAT. The secondary outcomes assessed professional experience, university experience of and education on ORD, and the individual characteristics of students. Results: Among the 1,994 students included, 76.3% perceived ORD as a disease and felt that it was normal for pharmacists to deliver OAT (78.9%) and harm reduction kits (74.6%). However, only 46.9% perceived OAT as being effective. Multivariable analyses showed that females had a more positive perception in recognizing ORD as a disease. The progression through university years increased the positive perception of ORD as a disease and the delivery of OAT and harm reduction kits by pharmacists. Education on substance-related disorders had no impact on any scores. Students who had already delivered OAT had a negative perception of their efficacy. The students who had already performed pharmacy jobs or traineeships had a negative perception of harm reduction kit delivery. Conclusion: Education on substance-related disorders had no impact on students' perceptions. It seemed that the maturity acquired through university years had a stronger impact on the students' perceptions of ORD. Efforts must be made to improve our teaching methods and reinforce the confidence of students in the roles of community pharmacists.

Keywords : Opioid-related disorder community pharmacists education pharmacy student primary care.

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Life Sciences [q-bio] / Human health and pathology

Life Sciences [q-bio] / Pharmaceutical sciences / Medication

Life Sciences [q-bio] / Pharmaceutical sciences

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