Artificial intelligence in community pharmacy practice: Pharmacists' perceptions, willingness to utilize, and barriers to implementation.

Background: Artificial intelligence (AI) has a significant potential to impact pharmacy practices worldwide. This study investigates pharmacists' perceptions of AI's role in pharmacy practices, their willingness to adopt it, and perceived barriers to its implementation at community pharmacies in Ethiopia.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among community pharmacists in Ethiopia.

Determinants of anemia among patients receiving cancer chemotherapy in Northwest Ethiopia.

Background: Chemotherapy-induced anemia (CIA) is a hematologic complication that frequently affects patients with cancer undergoing chemotherapy. It is associated with worse treatment outcomes, higher rates of morbidity and mortality, worse quality of life, and higher healthcare costs. The incidence and predictors of CIA in Ethiopia, particularly in Northwest Ethiopian oncology centers, are poorly understood.

Health-related quality of life and associated factors among family caregivers of patients with cancer in oncologic centers of Northwest Ethiopia.

Background: Providing care for individuals dealing with long-term illnesses like cancer demands significant amounts of time, energy, and emotional investment, potentially resulting in a challenging and overwhelming quality of life for those providing the care.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the level of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and associated factors among family caregivers of patients with cancer in oncologic centers of Northwest Ethiopia.

Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 412 family caregivers of patients with cancer who were following treatment at oncologic centers in Northwest Ethiopia from August to October 2023.

Health-related quality of life and associated factors among health care providers in the northwest of Ethiopia: a multicenter cross-sectional study, 2023.

Background: The diminished quality of life among healthcare providers (HCPs) could impact both their personal well-being and their ability to effectively fulfill healthcare needs and provide necessary facilities to the public. Furthermore, this decline in quality of life may also significantly influence the overall health of HCPs, regardless of their professional training and duties.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and associated factors among healthcare providers at comprehensive specialized hospitals in the Northwest Ethiopia.

Adequacy of cancer-related pain management using the Pain Management Index among patients with cancer in the Northwest oncology centres of Ethiopia: an institutional-based cross-sectional study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the adequacy of cancer-related pain (CRP) management and associated factors among patients with cancer in the Northwest oncology centres of Ethiopia.

Design And Setting: An institutional-based multicentre cross-sectional study was conducted among patients with cancer in the Northwest oncology centres of Ethiopia from May to July 2022.

Participants: All oncology patients at selected hospitals who fulfilled the inclusion criteria during the data collection period were the study population.

Potential drug-drug interaction and its determinants among patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy in oncology centres of Northwest Ethiopia: an institutional-based cross-sectional study.

Objective: The study was conducted to assess potential drug-drug interactions (PDDIs) and its determinants among patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy.

Design And Setting: An institutional-based cross-sectional study was used. This study was conducted from 1 June 2021 to 15 December 2021, in Northwest Ethiopia oncology centres.

Health-related quality of life and associated factors among patients with schizophrenia at comprehensive specialised hospitals in the Northwest Ethiopia: a multicentre cross-sectional study.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and associated factors among patients with schizophrenia at comprehensive specialised hospitals in Northwest Ethiopia.

Design And Setting: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 422 patients with schizophrenia who were followed at comprehensive specialised hospitals in Northwest Ethiopia from 1 June to 30 August 2022.

Participants: All adult patients with schizophrenia who had regular follow-up in the outpatient departments of the selected hospitals were study participants.

Ecopharmacology: Knowledge, Attitude, and Medication Disposal Practice Among Pharmacy Students.

Background: Ecopharmacology, as a form of drug management for the environment, focuses on the impact of drugs on the environment. Pharmacists, and by extension pharmacy students, are expected to play an important role in ecopharmacology. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the knowledge and attitude towards ecopharmacology and the practice of disposal of leftover or expired medicines among pharmacy students.

Antipsychotic polypharmacy and associated factors among patients with schizophrenia: Multicenter cross-sectional study in Northwest Ethiopia.

Background: Antipsychotic polypharmacy (APP) remains common despite guideline recommendations to minimize combinations, except after repeated antipsychotic monotherapy trials. This study aimed to assess APP and its associated factors among schizophrenia patients at comprehensive specialized hospitals in Northwest Ethiopia.

Methods: An institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 422 schizophrenia patients at selected hospitals in Ethiopia from June to August 2022.