Perceptions and practices of community pharmacists towards the use of short-acting beta-2 agonists inhalers in Malaysia: A cross-sectional survey
Community pharmacists acknowledged that good asthma control was associated with minimal medical assistance and symptoms. However, some concerns were expressed over asthma patients' purchase of non-prescription SABA inhalers. The participants perceived some barriers, such as lack of patient awareness regarding the asthma care services availability that might hinder the safe use of SABA inhalers.
Authors
- Rabia Hussain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8183-0855)
- Siew Chin Ong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9750-9588)
- Jaya Muneswarao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8286-3453)
- Bayan F. Ababneh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6223-5599)
- Zhe Chi Loh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8223-9175)
- Anees ur-Rehman
- Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar
Institutions
- Bahauddin Zakariya University (PK)
- Universiti Sains Malaysia (MY)
- Hospital Pulau Pinang (MY)
- Qatar University (QA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-06-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0324982
- Primary Topic
- Asthma and respiratory diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00