Kap among Community Pharmacists regarding Halal Pharmaceuticals: a Crossectional Assessment

There is a growing awareness amongst Muslims to avoid all items containing non-Halal ingredients. This sentiment has now progressed into the field of various medications too. This was a cross-sectional study using a structured, self-administered questionnaire to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and perception of community pharmacists regarding Halal pharmaceuticals. A total of 473 pharmacists working in community pharmacies were contacted through post to complete a structured self-administered questionnaire. Out of these, 175 pharmacists agreed to participate in the study (response rate = 37%). The results of this study revealed that the mean knowledge score was 7.94 (SD 1.42) (maximum possible score = 9), the mean attitude score was 36.65 (SD 6.96) (maximum possible score = 45), while the mean perception score was 51.9 (SD 6.07) (maximum possible score = 60). Our findings demonstrated that community pharmacists have a good knowledge, positive attitude and perception towards Halal pharmaceuticals.