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Nurses’ Knowledge and Attitudes towards Biosimilar Medicines as Part of Evidence-Based Nursing Practice—International Pilot Study within the Project Biosimilars Nurses Guide Version 2.0

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  • Adriano Friganović

    (Department of Nursing, University of Applied Health Sciences, Mlinarska Cesta 38, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
    Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Medicine, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia)

  • Wioletta Mędrzycka-Dąbrowska

    (Department of Anaesthesiology Nursing & Intensive Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Gdansk, 80-211 Gdańsk, Poland)

  • Sabina Krupa

    (Institute of Health Sciences, College of Medical Sciences, University of Rzeszow, 35-310 Rzeszow, Poland)

  • Ber Oomen

    (European Specialist Nurses Organization, 6821 HR Arnhem, The Netherlands)

  • Nico Decock

    (Nurse Anaesthesia School, University Hospital of Lille, 111 Rue Charles Debierre, 59000 Lille, France)

  • Alessandro Stievano

    (Centre of Excellence for Nursing Scholarship OPI, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Via Cracovia 50, 00133 Rome, Italy)

Abstract

Introduction: The increasing availability of biosimilars can increase patient access to these drugs and reduce the economic burden. Nurses play a key role in the education, administration, pharmacovigilance and management of the side effects of biosimilars. The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge and attitudes of nurses towards biosimilar drugs in different countries. Methods: An international cross-sectional study was conducted from November 2021 to February 2022. The survey was carried out using Computer-Assisted Web Interview (CAWI), sent by the CAWI panel via the website. Results: The results showed that nurses with a greater level of education felt most knowledgeable about biosimilars (χ 2 = 105.813, df = 2, p < 0.001). One-third of nurses with a doctorate and a second degree said biosimilars are used in their workplace (χ 2 = 48.169, df = 4, p < 0.001); most nurses with a second degree said that they had never heard of biosimilars (41%). Doctorate-level nurses thought knowledge is the key factor to increasing biosimilar uptake (97%). Conclusions: Nurses are not knowledgeable about biosimilars. Most would like to participate in training on biosimilars. This is a very important topic, because biosimilars are constantly evolving in medicine.

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  • Adriano Friganović & Wioletta Mędrzycka-Dąbrowska & Sabina Krupa & Ber Oomen & Nico Decock & Alessandro Stievano, 2022. "Nurses’ Knowledge and Attitudes towards Biosimilar Medicines as Part of Evidence-Based Nursing Practice—International Pilot Study within the Project Biosimilars Nurses Guide Version 2.0," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(16), pages 1-12, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:16:p:10311-:d:892175
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