Factors Influencing Public Willingness to Reuse the Unused Stored Medications in Jordan: A Cross-Sectional Study
The reissuing, redispensing, redistributing, or even recycling of the returned unused stored medicines is referred to as medicine reuse. A few studies have examined people’s willingness to reuse unused stored medicines. This study aims primarily to explore the public’s willingness to reuse unused st...
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| author | Hamza Alhamad Deema Jaber Rana Abu-Farha Fares Albahar Sahar M. Edaily Parastou Donyai |
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| description | The reissuing, redispensing, redistributing, or even recycling of the returned unused stored medicines is referred to as medicine reuse. A few studies have examined people’s willingness to reuse unused stored medicines. This study aims primarily to explore the public’s willingness to reuse unused stored medicines in the future and the factors affecting their decisions, and to assess the pharmacological types and formulations of the unused stored medicines by the public. A cross-sectional study was conducted using a convenient sampling technique over three weeks (February–March 2022) among Jordanian populations. Data were collected from 681 participants who agreed to fill out a questionnaire, which was distributed online. Participants showed a positive perception of reusing any of the unused stored medicines in the future; of those, 79.6% (<i>n</i> = 400) believed that reusing “unused medicines” has economic benefits and 50% (<i>n</i> = 251) believe there are environmental benefits. Moreover, more than half of the participants believed that reusing “unused medicines” is safe (<i>n</i> = 256, 51%), but provided that a pharmacist or a doctor evaluates their quality or that the unused medicines are stored well. Results from this study show that the public positively endorses the idea of reusing unused stored medicines if the quality and safety are assured. However, future studies are needed to evaluate the Jordanian healthcare professionals’ perceptions towards medicine reuse and pharmaceutical companies’ willingness to be a part or facilitator of medicine reuse. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-51e621cc9f2448c9a3a15a6e066a14d42023-11-16T15:25:12ZengMDPI AGHealthcare2227-90322022-12-011117510.3390/healthcare11010075Factors Influencing Public Willingness to Reuse the Unused Stored Medications in Jordan: A Cross-Sectional StudyHamza Alhamad0Deema Jaber1Rana Abu-Farha2Fares Albahar3Sahar M. Edaily4Parastou Donyai5Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zarqa University, P.O. Box 2000, Zarqa 13110, JordanDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zarqa University, P.O. Box 2000, Zarqa 13110, JordanDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Applied Science Private University, Amman 11931, JordanDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zarqa University, P.O. Box 2000, Zarqa 13110, JordanDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zarqa University, P.O. Box 2000, Zarqa 13110, JordanDepartment of Pharmacy and Forensic Science, King’s College, London SE1 9NH, UKThe reissuing, redispensing, redistributing, or even recycling of the returned unused stored medicines is referred to as medicine reuse. A few studies have examined people’s willingness to reuse unused stored medicines. This study aims primarily to explore the public’s willingness to reuse unused stored medicines in the future and the factors affecting their decisions, and to assess the pharmacological types and formulations of the unused stored medicines by the public. A cross-sectional study was conducted using a convenient sampling technique over three weeks (February–March 2022) among Jordanian populations. Data were collected from 681 participants who agreed to fill out a questionnaire, which was distributed online. Participants showed a positive perception of reusing any of the unused stored medicines in the future; of those, 79.6% (<i>n</i> = 400) believed that reusing “unused medicines” has economic benefits and 50% (<i>n</i> = 251) believe there are environmental benefits. Moreover, more than half of the participants believed that reusing “unused medicines” is safe (<i>n</i> = 256, 51%), but provided that a pharmacist or a doctor evaluates their quality or that the unused medicines are stored well. Results from this study show that the public positively endorses the idea of reusing unused stored medicines if the quality and safety are assured. However, future studies are needed to evaluate the Jordanian healthcare professionals’ perceptions towards medicine reuse and pharmaceutical companies’ willingness to be a part or facilitator of medicine reuse.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/1/75medicine reusemedicine wasteunused medicinespublic willingnessmedicines storagedosage form |
| spellingShingle | Hamza Alhamad Deema Jaber Rana Abu-Farha Fares Albahar Sahar M. Edaily Parastou Donyai Factors Influencing Public Willingness to Reuse the Unused Stored Medications in Jordan: A Cross-Sectional Study Healthcare medicine reuse medicine waste unused medicines public willingness medicines storage dosage form |
| title | Factors Influencing Public Willingness to Reuse the Unused Stored Medications in Jordan: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_full | Factors Influencing Public Willingness to Reuse the Unused Stored Medications in Jordan: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_fullStr | Factors Influencing Public Willingness to Reuse the Unused Stored Medications in Jordan: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factors Influencing Public Willingness to Reuse the Unused Stored Medications in Jordan: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_short | Factors Influencing Public Willingness to Reuse the Unused Stored Medications in Jordan: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_sort | factors influencing public willingness to reuse the unused stored medications in jordan a cross sectional study |
| topic | medicine reuse medicine waste unused medicines public willingness medicines storage dosage form |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/1/75 |
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