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Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Purpose: To assess the level of adoption of social media for medical information-seeking behaviou... more Purpose: To assess the level of adoption of social media for medical information-seeking behaviour (MISB) among students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria based on the prism of Roger’s innovation-decision process theory. Methods: The study was a cross-sectional survey of 429 students. Primary data were collected with a set of questionnaires comprising two main sections which sought to elicit information, first, on the adoption level of social media for medicine information employing a Likert-type scale with five alternative responses and weighting scores of 1 - 5, and second, on use of social media for MISB on a dichotomous (yes/no) scale. Collected data were analysed with descriptive and inferential statistics at 5 % level of significance. Results: The results show that adoption of social media tools for sourcing medicine information among the students was at a persuasion level (MWA 2.10) and correlates with the finding on the dichotomous scale that they were barely (28.7 %) u...
The workplace is a significant part of an individual’s life that affects his or her life and the ... more The workplace is a significant part of an individual’s life that affects his or her life and the well-being of the community. Campbell [1] asserts that the average adult spends much of his or her life working, as much as a quarter or even a third of his waking life in work. As much as a fifth to a quarter of the variation in adult life satisfaction can be accounted for by satisfaction with work Campbell [1]. The work environment has effect on the performance level of employees and absence of office building, drugs, equipment etc. can affect the performance of the employees Asigele [2]. The behavior of employees is influenced by the environment in which they find themselves and will be a function of that employee’s innate drives or felt needs and the opportunities he or she has to satisfy those drives or needs in the workplace. Employee motivation has been defined as: “the willingness to exert high levels of effort toward organizational goals, conditioned by the effort’s ability to s...
International Journal of Engineering Research in Africa, 2019
The objective of this study was to assess the adoption level of Total Quality Management (TQM) in... more The objective of this study was to assess the adoption level of Total Quality Management (TQM) in pharmaceutical manufacturing industry in Southwestern Nigeria by a cross-sectional survey of staff in Lagos, Ogun and Oyo States of Nigeria involving 348 of the 2,649 members, selected by multi-stage sampling. Primary data were collected using a set of pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire which sought to elicit information on the level of TQM adoption and designed with items on a Likert–type scale of seven alternative responses with weighting scores of 0 through 6, representing seven stages (levels) in the adoption process. Adoption was taken as becoming effective from the sixth stage (level 5). Factors influencing TQM adoption were identified by employing a Likert-type influence scale with five alternative responses and weighting scores of 0 - 4. Weighted averages (WA) and means of weighted averages (MWA) were employed in summarising the data while t-test and regression analyses we...
Toward Effectively Applying Technology
Online interactivity is not commonly employed by patients and health professionals to solve drug ... more Online interactivity is not commonly employed by patients and health professionals to solve drug related problems, and many patients have yet to explore the various possibilities available on line to get counsel about the medicine they use. Online counselling is relatively easy for people to gain access to professional counsellors. It also creates an anonymous environment, which makes it easier to talk about personal problems and provides larger access to messages on preventive health care. Online facilities help provide comprehensive access to counselling by segments of the population that have barrier of access to conventional services. It is particularly useful to meet the psychosocial needs of people on long-term medication and it could be a veritable tool to support adherence to antiretroviral therapy in People Living With HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). www.igi-global.com/chapter/theory-application-using-social-networking/72634?camid=4v1a P2P File Sharing: The Life and Death of Gnutella Danny Hughes and James Walkerdine (2008). Handbook of Research on Computer Mediated Communication (pp. 411-423).
Engineering Management, 2013
Journal of Pharmaceutical and Allied Sciences, 2019
The extent of involvement of community pharmacists in inventory management practices in Delta Sta... more The extent of involvement of community pharmacists in inventory management practices in Delta State was studied with a cross-sectional descriptive survey of 125 community pharmacists selected using simple random sampling method. Primary data were collected with the aid of a pretested semi-structured questionnaire. Sample size was determined using Taro Yamane’s formula for finite population. The questionnaire comprises three main sections in line with the study objective and was designed using simple statements on Likert-type scale with five alternative responses having weighting scores of 0-4. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics at 5% level of significance. The mean of weighted average (MWA) of respondents’ involvement in inventory management practices was computed to be 2.65. Community pharmacists’ extent of involvement in inventory management practices was sub-optimal. There is significant association with age (x2 =15.70, p = 0.000) and year o...
Background: One of the key strategies devised to overcome the menace of spurious medicines in pha... more Background: One of the key strategies devised to overcome the menace of spurious medicines in pharmaceutical distribution globally has been the invention of mobile quality assessment technology (Minilab®) for use along medicine supply chain in developing countries. Objectives: The objectives of the study were to assess the adoption level and determine the availability of Minilab in pharmaceutical service delivery in selected tertiary hospitals in South-western Nigeria. Methods: Primary data were employed and study sample consisted of 91 pharmacists from eight of sixteen available hospitals. Instruments employed were a set of questionnaire and physical observation of Minilab. The questionnaire sought to elicit information on availability of Minilab and stages of Minilab's adoption on a scale of five alternative responses comprising knowledge, persuasion, decision, application and confirmation with weighting scores of 1 to 5. Level of adoption was computed as mean of weighted aver...
Purpose: To assess the level of community pharmacists’ knowledge about medicine inventory managem... more Purpose: To assess the level of community pharmacists’ knowledge about medicine inventory management in Delta State. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive survey of 125 community pharmacists selected using simple random sampling method. Primary data were collected with the aid of a pretested semi-structured questionnaire. Sample size was determined using Taro Yamane’s formula for finite population. The questionnaire was designed using simple statements on Likert-type scale with five alternative responses having weighting scores of 0-4. Data collected were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics at 5% level of significance. Results:The response rate was 96.2% and reliability of the questionnaire was 0.97. Respondents were mostly superintendents (63.2%), computer (63.2%) usage in their premises with 84.8% being used for inventory management purpose. “Record about inventory” was the item with highest knowledge while recalled stocks recorded the least. The mean of weighte...
Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Purpose: To assess the level of adoption of social media for medical information-seeking behaviou... more Purpose: To assess the level of adoption of social media for medical information-seeking behaviour (MISB) among students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria based on the prism of Roger’s innovation-decision process theory. Methods: The study was a cross-sectional survey of 429 students. Primary data were collected with a set of questionnaires comprising two main sections which sought to elicit information, first, on the adoption level of social media for medicine information employing a Likert-type scale with five alternative responses and weighting scores of 1 - 5, and second, on use of social media for MISB on a dichotomous (yes/no) scale. Collected data were analysed with descriptive and inferential statistics at 5 % level of significance. Results: The results show that adoption of social media tools for sourcing medicine information among the students was at a persuasion level (MWA 2.10) and correlates with the finding on the dichotomous scale that they were barely (28.7 %) u...
The workplace is a significant part of an individual’s life that affects his or her life and the ... more The workplace is a significant part of an individual’s life that affects his or her life and the well-being of the community. Campbell [1] asserts that the average adult spends much of his or her life working, as much as a quarter or even a third of his waking life in work. As much as a fifth to a quarter of the variation in adult life satisfaction can be accounted for by satisfaction with work Campbell [1]. The work environment has effect on the performance level of employees and absence of office building, drugs, equipment etc. can affect the performance of the employees Asigele [2]. The behavior of employees is influenced by the environment in which they find themselves and will be a function of that employee’s innate drives or felt needs and the opportunities he or she has to satisfy those drives or needs in the workplace. Employee motivation has been defined as: “the willingness to exert high levels of effort toward organizational goals, conditioned by the effort’s ability to s...
International Journal of Engineering Research in Africa, 2019
The objective of this study was to assess the adoption level of Total Quality Management (TQM) in... more The objective of this study was to assess the adoption level of Total Quality Management (TQM) in pharmaceutical manufacturing industry in Southwestern Nigeria by a cross-sectional survey of staff in Lagos, Ogun and Oyo States of Nigeria involving 348 of the 2,649 members, selected by multi-stage sampling. Primary data were collected using a set of pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire which sought to elicit information on the level of TQM adoption and designed with items on a Likert–type scale of seven alternative responses with weighting scores of 0 through 6, representing seven stages (levels) in the adoption process. Adoption was taken as becoming effective from the sixth stage (level 5). Factors influencing TQM adoption were identified by employing a Likert-type influence scale with five alternative responses and weighting scores of 0 - 4. Weighted averages (WA) and means of weighted averages (MWA) were employed in summarising the data while t-test and regression analyses we...
Toward Effectively Applying Technology
Online interactivity is not commonly employed by patients and health professionals to solve drug ... more Online interactivity is not commonly employed by patients and health professionals to solve drug related problems, and many patients have yet to explore the various possibilities available on line to get counsel about the medicine they use. Online counselling is relatively easy for people to gain access to professional counsellors. It also creates an anonymous environment, which makes it easier to talk about personal problems and provides larger access to messages on preventive health care. Online facilities help provide comprehensive access to counselling by segments of the population that have barrier of access to conventional services. It is particularly useful to meet the psychosocial needs of people on long-term medication and it could be a veritable tool to support adherence to antiretroviral therapy in People Living With HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). www.igi-global.com/chapter/theory-application-using-social-networking/72634?camid=4v1a P2P File Sharing: The Life and Death of Gnutella Danny Hughes and James Walkerdine (2008). Handbook of Research on Computer Mediated Communication (pp. 411-423).
Engineering Management, 2013
Journal of Pharmaceutical and Allied Sciences, 2019
The extent of involvement of community pharmacists in inventory management practices in Delta Sta... more The extent of involvement of community pharmacists in inventory management practices in Delta State was studied with a cross-sectional descriptive survey of 125 community pharmacists selected using simple random sampling method. Primary data were collected with the aid of a pretested semi-structured questionnaire. Sample size was determined using Taro Yamane’s formula for finite population. The questionnaire comprises three main sections in line with the study objective and was designed using simple statements on Likert-type scale with five alternative responses having weighting scores of 0-4. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics at 5% level of significance. The mean of weighted average (MWA) of respondents’ involvement in inventory management practices was computed to be 2.65. Community pharmacists’ extent of involvement in inventory management practices was sub-optimal. There is significant association with age (x2 =15.70, p = 0.000) and year o...
Background: One of the key strategies devised to overcome the menace of spurious medicines in pha... more Background: One of the key strategies devised to overcome the menace of spurious medicines in pharmaceutical distribution globally has been the invention of mobile quality assessment technology (Minilab®) for use along medicine supply chain in developing countries. Objectives: The objectives of the study were to assess the adoption level and determine the availability of Minilab in pharmaceutical service delivery in selected tertiary hospitals in South-western Nigeria. Methods: Primary data were employed and study sample consisted of 91 pharmacists from eight of sixteen available hospitals. Instruments employed were a set of questionnaire and physical observation of Minilab. The questionnaire sought to elicit information on availability of Minilab and stages of Minilab's adoption on a scale of five alternative responses comprising knowledge, persuasion, decision, application and confirmation with weighting scores of 1 to 5. Level of adoption was computed as mean of weighted aver...
Purpose: To assess the level of community pharmacists’ knowledge about medicine inventory managem... more Purpose: To assess the level of community pharmacists’ knowledge about medicine inventory management in Delta State. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive survey of 125 community pharmacists selected using simple random sampling method. Primary data were collected with the aid of a pretested semi-structured questionnaire. Sample size was determined using Taro Yamane’s formula for finite population. The questionnaire was designed using simple statements on Likert-type scale with five alternative responses having weighting scores of 0-4. Data collected were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics at 5% level of significance. Results:The response rate was 96.2% and reliability of the questionnaire was 0.97. Respondents were mostly superintendents (63.2%), computer (63.2%) usage in their premises with 84.8% being used for inventory management purpose. “Record about inventory” was the item with highest knowledge while recalled stocks recorded the least. The mean of weighte...