How medicines sales staff is responding to presumptive COVID-19 patients attending drug retail outlets: An exploratory qualitative study.

ABSTRACT: The objective of this qualitative study was to explore how the medicine sales staff responded to presumptive COVID-19 patients in Pakistan. The data were obtained from the medicine sales staff working at drug retail outlets of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan, through in-depth face-to-face interviews using a semi-structured interview guide. A two-step sampling strategy was used, including purposive and convenient sampling techniques. Sample size was determined by applying the saturation point criteria. A total of 17 interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim and analysed using the thematic analysis. Analysis of data yielded six themes and seven sub-themes. The themes included (1) knowledge about various aspects of COVID-19, (2) practices of sales staff in response to COVID-19 pandemi

SUBMITTER: Atif M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8426854 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature