1Faculty of Pharmacy, Mutah University, Amman, Jordan 2 Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia 3Faculty of Pharmacy, Middle East University, Amman, Jordan 4Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Ahliyya Amman University, Amman, Jordan 5Faculty of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of Petra, Amman, Jordan 6Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan

*1Corresponding Author Dr. Abeer M. Kharshid Faculty of Pharmacy- Mutah University Amman-Jordan-Zip-Code (Postal Address): (11610) Phone Number: +962 6 4790222 Mobile Number: +962 7 91465085 [email protected]

The aim of this study is assessing Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) knowledge Keywords: Chronic Kidney, Referral, Knowledge, Perceptions, Statins , on Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and inspecting their attitude regarding Attitudes. referral and perceptions towards statins use in non-dialysis CKD patients. A cross-sectional design was employed using a self-administered questionnaire that was constructed and validated before the study. The questionnaire was Correspondence: distributed to HCPs at two accredited hospitals. A total of 187 individuals Abeer Mohammad Kharshid including, 48.1% were pharmacists, 40.6% were physicians, and 11.2% were Faculty of Pharmacy- Mutah University medical students. Female respondents slightly exceeded males, 56.7% vs. Amman-Jordan-Zip-Code (Postal Address): (11610) 43.3% respectively. Thirty-nine percent of study participants chose medical Phone Number: +962 6 4790222 journals as their fundamental source for updated CKD information. More Mobile Number: +962 7 91465085 than 87% of respondents reported that the available CKD Continuing Medical [email protected] Education (CME) programs are not sufficient. Almost 93% of participants appreciated the benefit of early referral of CKD patients to a nephrologist and 84.5% believed that non-dialysis CKD patients might benefit from using statins. The overall knowledge of participants was average with no significant differences in overall knowledge scores based on their age, gender, profession, experience or monthly salary. In conclusion, HCPs hold a positive attitude towards the early referral of CKD patients to nephrologists and appreciate the considerable value of statins use in improving CKD patients’ outcomes.

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