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Pharmacy students have a rigorous academic workload that can interfere with their sleeping time. This study aimed to determine the correlates of sleep quality with mental health and academic performance of final-year pharmacy students at a Nigerian university.

The present study used the paper-based self-administered questionnaires such as the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale, and Patient Health Questionnaire to conduct a cross-sectional study among final-year pharmacy students at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria. The questionnaires were validated and reliable, as their Cronbach’s alpha were within acceptable range (α > 0.7). The examination score in clinical pharmacy courses was used to assess students' academic performance. The data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation.

Of the 274 respondents, about 186 (68%) students had bad sleeping habits. The prevalence of anxiety and depression were found to be present in 134 (48.9%) and 128 (46.7%), respectively. Anxiety (r = 0.229, p < 0.01) and depression (r = 0.211, p < 0.01) had a positive relationship with students’ quality of sleep. However, no connection was found between sleep quality and academic performance (r = -0.022, p > 0.05).

The quality of sleep among final-year pharmacy students was linked to anxiety and depression. However, student’s sleep quality has no bearing on academic success.

This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of aromatherapy as a low-cost, non-invasive intervention for reducing exam anxiety in college students and improving their academic performance.

A randomized clinical trial was conducted among 270 pharmacy students from different academic years, who were divided into three distinct groups. Exam anxiety was assessed using the Sarason questionnaire at baseline and after 15 minutes of aromatherapy.

There was no significant difference in the severity of anxiety at baseline (P = 0.07). However, following orange aromatherapy, there was a significant decrease in baseline-exam anxiety score (mean difference 1.32, P < 0.001), while lavender aromatherapy did not show a significant effect (P = 0.27). Aromatherapy had a significant impact on academic performance, specifically in the bio-pharmacy exam.

Our study provides evidence that aromatherapy may have an effect on exam anxiety. Orange essential oil aromatherapy, without the adverse reactions associated with pharmacological therapies, was found to be an effective strategy for reducing exam anxiety and enhancing academic performance among pharmacy students. The implications of these findings and suggestions for future research are discussed.

Mentoring is a learning and training process in which a qualified person with more experience (mentor) consults a person with fewer skills or less experience (mentee). The purpose of this study was to design, implement and evaluate the student mentoring program for entry Pharmacy students of academic year 2019-2020 (as mentees) and to use a website to communicate with students in order to use new methods of communication.

In this project, 2015, 2016 and 2017 entry students were used as mentors. After assessing the needs of senior students, the mentoring program was designed and after revision, mentors and mentees were introduced to each other. Considering the outbreak of Corona virus in the middle of the project, the Pharmacist Assistant website was designed as a virtual learning platform and made accessible to students for keeping the mentoring members in touch with each other.

Preliminary results of a needs assessment showed that students prefer being consulted by senior students in the times of challenge. A survey of mentees showed that all mentees were satisfied with participating in the program and recommended its implementation, and almost half of them believed that the web design was successful in educating students during the pandemic.

Due to the high satisfaction of the mentees with the mentoring program and their familiarity with the academic challenges before facing them, running mentoring programs can be very functional and helpful in Schools of Pharmacy. In the case of coronavirus pandemic, one way to prevent damage to the mentoring program and to keep the mentor and mentees in touch is to design a virtual platform such as the Pharmacist Assistant website.

 Research has shown that students in the health sciences experience higher levels of anxiety and depression.

 In this study, we endeavor to investigate these results among first-year pharmacy and veterinary students at Auburn University and among first-year medical students at the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine’s (VCOM) Auburn Campus.

 We surveyed students after their first year in their respective professional programs using a modified Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (HADS) survey. The survey was modified to establish changes in depression and anxiety levels before and after the first year of coursework.

 Two hundred ninety-five students participated in the survey, 95 veterinary students, 127 pharmacy students, and 73 VCOM students. All programs showed a statistically significant increase in student-reported levels of depression and anxiety. Students from the Harrison School of Pharmacy showed the greatest increase in anxiety and depression, followed by students from VCOM and the College of Veterinary Medicine. Females in all programs entered their programs with higher levels of anxiety than males and also completed their first year with higher anxiety scores than males in the same programs.

 Students in all three professional programs reported increased levels of anxiety and depression with the largest increase reported in pharmacy students. Efforts to identify the triggers, understand the consequences, and develop interventional methods to improve student wellbeing are recommended.
 

Depression is one of the most important causes of pathogenesis and disability in individuals. Through the timely diagnosis of this disorder, it can be prevented from progressing, and finally, ensure the mental health of students and the community. The issues, such as non-familiarity with the university environment or culture of the area, being nonindigenous and away from family, lack of interest in the field of study, and incompatibility with other people, can result in mental illnesses, such as depression and a decline in the students’ academic performance. This study was performed to measure the rate of depression in the pharmacy students in the first two years of study and its influencing factors.

This longitudinal-descriptive study was done to measure the rate of depression in pharmacy students of the Ahvaz Jondishapur University of Medical Sciences from 2015 to 2017. To the end, the students first were evaluated using the Beck questionnaire, and then they answered the same questionnaire in 2017. The obtained data were evaluated using SPSS ر .21 software and the t-test.

In this study, 37 students were studied for two years. In the first year, the average score of depression was 6.21±7.02 and in the third year, it was 8.83±11.49. Despite an increase in the depression score, it was not in the depression range. Also, the results of the t-test showed that the students in the third year showed no significant difference compared with the first year of the university in terms of depression score (P=0.242).

Because of the high prevalence of depression in non-native students, the officials of this university have to pay more attention to the non-native students and adapt the dormitories environment appropriately for them. They also can provide cultural programs to change the students’ morale. In addition to these activities, holding workshops on psychology, proper training, and motivating students to pass lessons difficult to learn by university counselors can be effective in reducing the prevalence of depression.

One of the major problems in educational systems is academic failure in students’ education during their course of study. The lack of control of this decline, especially in medical sciences, leads to a decrease in the scientific level and the efficiency of medical students. This study aimed to determine the main causes of academic failure among pharmacy students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences.

In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 85 students were selected randomly in the School of Pharmacy at Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. A valid and reliable questionnaire of students’ demographic and educational information and their opinions about the factors related to academic failure, including family, student, teacher, educational environment, educational content, and socio-economic factors were collected. Data were analyzed by SPSS software using Pearson correlation, Spearman correlation, and student T tests.

The total rate of academic failure in the studied population was 9.66%. Also, the rate in non-quota students, regional quota students, in males and females were 20, 6.92, 51.16, and 48.84%, respectively. The main causes of academic failure were educational content, teacher, student, educational environment, family, social factors, and economic factors, respectively from the viewpoint of the students.

This study showed that the first factor of academic failure in pharmacy education based on the opinion of students is about the content of pharmacy education. The educational system in comparison to the community and family is a more effective factor in academic failure.

The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of B.Sc. Pharmacy students about usage and resistance of antibiotics in Trinidad and Tobago.

This was a cross‑sectional questionnaire‑based study involving B.Sc. Pharmacy students. The questionnaire was divided into five components including Demographics data, knowledge about antibiotic use, attitude toward antibiotic use and resistance, self‑antibiotic usage and possible causes of antibiotic resistance. Data were analyzed by employing Mann–Whitney and Chi‑square tests using SPSS version 20.

The response rate was 83.07%. The results showed good knowledge of antibiotic use among students. The overall attitude of pharmacy students was poor. About 75% of participants rarely use antibiotics, whereas self‑decision was the major reason of antibiotic use (40.7%) and main source of information was retail pharmacist (42.6%). Common cold and flu is a major problem for which antibiotics were mainly utilized by pharmacy students(35.2%).

The study showed good knowledge of pharmacy students regarding antibiotic usage. However, students’ attitude towards antibiotic use was poor. The study recommends future studies to be conducted with interventional design to improve knowledge and attitude of pharmacy students about antibiotic use and resistance.

Scholarly research experiences during student life can make pharmacy students capable of reaching the pinnacle of triumph with scientific skills.

The aim of this study is to assess the perception of pharmacy students and their inclination toward scholarly research publications.

A cross-sectional web-based survey was conducted among pharmacy students across India, Malaysia, and Pakistan. A 21-item questionnaire was distributed through different social networking sites between July and September 2016. Descriptive and Chi-square tests were used to analyze the findings. A value of P < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant.

Of 543 pharmacy students approached, 348 participants from India, Pakistan, and Malaysia were included giving a response rate of 64%. The study comprises 48.5% of males and 51.4% of females, studying a bachelor of pharmacy (44.5%), and from private institutions (94%). Nearly, three-fourths (76.4%) of the students had no publications but showed high interest toward original research (87.4%). Most of the participants cited the reasons to engage in the scholarly publication is too advanced research/share findings (74.1%), and to improve writing and research skills (73.6%). Further, a significant percentage of students agreed that contributing to the literature during student life as a valuable experience and publishing will provide them with personal fulfilment.

This study showed that most of the pharmacy students had positive perceptions toward scholarly research activities to advance research and improve their writing research skills. We recommend the pharmacy schools to incorporate scholarly activities in the curriculum to embark research-inclusive career.

Responsible self‑medication plays a vital role in appropriate use of nonprescription drugs which will improve safety and reduces unwanted effects of drugs.

This study is designed to assess knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) toward responsible self‑medication among pharmacy students. SETTINGS AND DESIGN: A cross‑sectional survey was conducted in pharmacy students of various colleges located in Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh, India.

A total of 403 pharmacy students were enrolled and subjected for interview using prevalidated KAP questionnaire on responsible self‑medication. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: Descriptive statistics were used to represent the sociodemographic characteristics and KAP levels. Association of socio‑demographic variables with KAP levels are determined using the Chi‑square test.

A total of 403 pharmacy students are recruited in the study, in these 19 (4.7%) diploma in pharmacy, 260 (64.5%) bachelor in pharmacy, 27 (6.7%) master in pharmacy, and 97 (24.1%) are doctor of pharmacy. Among 403 respondents, 150 (37.2%) good knowledge, 397 (98.5%) positive attitude, and 170 (42.2%) practice toward responsible self‑medication. Respondent’s age, pharmacy division, residence, and their parents’ profession were significantly associated with good knowledge and rational practice toward responsible self‑medication with a P < 0.05.

The study concludes that pharmacy students are shown more positive attitude toward responsible self‑medication. However, students are lack of knowledge and practice of responsible self‑medication.

This study sought to investigate the evaluation of academic achievement, academic motivation and hope for the future and life satisfaction of Pharmacy Students of the Medical Sciences University of Ahvaz and their relationship with the school years passed.
The samples in this study were all pharmacy students studying in the College of Pharmacy, the Medical University of Ahvaz in the year 93-94. Moreover, standard questionnaires were used by this study for collecting data. In order to collect data with regard to hope, life satisfaction, motivation and academic satisfaction, the questionnaire of Snyder hope Scale (1991), Satisfaction with Life Scale questionnaire (SWLS), lepper motivation scale (2005) and Bahrani and Jokar questionnaire (1378) were used respectively.Moreover, data on Academic performance were acquired using the score of the students and the number of students dropping out in each entry and the data were analysed by using SPSS 20.
The results did not indicate any significant different in an investigation of five class of students and from four variables of hope, Academic motivation, academic achievement, life satisfaction. But contrast test for combined group showed that academic motivation and academic performance in freshmen students are significantly higher than the other four inputs.
Third-year students possess less Academic motivation than other students.Senior student's Academic performance was also significantly lower than of students from other school years.
freshmen students face challenges of the new environment, and this affects their academic performance. Besides in the third year of pharmacy school curriculum, pharmacy students pass the basic exam and the main pharmaceutical courses start for them, this might be the reason that their intrinsic motivation increase.

Study skills and students’ satisfaction with their performance positively affect their academic achievement. The current research was carried out to investigate the correlation of study skills with academic achievement among the medical and pharmacy students in 2013.
This descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 148 students of basic medical sciences and pharmacy through convenience sampling. Data were collected by a valid and reliable questionnaire, consisting of two sections: Demographic information and questions about daily study hours, study skills in six domains, and students’ satisfaction with study skills. Collected data sets were analyzed by SPSS-16 software.
In total, 10.9% of students were reported to have favorable study skills. The minimum score was found for preparation for examination domain. Also, a significantly positive correlation was observed between students’ study skills and their Grade Point Average (GPA) of previous term (P=0.001, r=0.269) and satisfaction with study skills (P=0.001, r=0.493).
The findings indicated that students’ study skills need to be improved. Given the significant relationship between study skills and GPA, as an index of academic achievement, and satisfaction, it is necessary to promote the students’ study skills. These skills are suggested to be reinforced, with more emphasis on weaker domains.

Longevity of basic medical sciences is a major concern of medical educators and physicians. It has been shown that different learning styles can affect the half-life of the material. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of partially tests during renal physiology course on «the student’s retention of renal physiology knowledge» and «knowledge loss» in pharmacy and medical students. This case-control study was performed at Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences in the academic year 2012-2013. Study populations were pharmacy students and medical students. The final renal physiology examination was on Jan of 2013 for both groups. Pharmacy students participated in three partial tests during the renal physiology course at first semester of the academic year 2012-2013 while medical students did not participate in these tests. 25 weeks after the final renal physiology examination, the both groups of students were recruited to take a retest. Retention test consisted of 17 multiple-choice questions; each question had one correct answer. Statistical paired- and independent-samples t-tests were used to analysis the results. the mean scores of retention test in medical students was significantly lower than in pharmacy students (P<0. 01). Pharmacy students were answered correctly 66. 4±2. 3% of questions, while the rate was declined to 45. 15±3. 25% in medical students. The rate of «knowledge loss» in medical student was (22. 7±3%) significantly higher than in pharmacy students (10. 86±1. 5%) (P<0. 01). The findings suggest that taking partially tests during physiology course is a highly efficient and an effective strategy to enhance «the retention of renal physiology knowledge» and delay the rate of «knowledge loss».