Analisis Tingkat Pengetahuan Penggunaan Obat Generik Pada Mahasiswa Farmasi Dan Non Farmasi Universitas Tanjungpura Pontianak

Negi Novriyani (Jurusan Farmasi, Fakultas Kedokteran, Universitas Tanjungpura, Jl. Prof. Dr. Hadari Nawawi, Pontianak, Kalimantan Barat, 78124, Indonesia)
Ressi Susanti (Jurusan Farmasi, Fakultas Kedokteran, Universitas Tanjungpura, Jl. Prof. Dr. Hadari Nawawi, Pontianak, Kalimantan Barat, 78124, Indonesia)
Nurmainah Nurmainah (Jurusan Farmasi, Fakultas Kedokteran, Universitas Tanjungpura, Jl. Prof. Dr. Hadari Nawawi, Pontianak, Kalimantan Barat, 78124, Indonesia)

Journal Syifa Sciences and Clinical Research (JSSCR)
Vol 4, No 2 (2022): Volume 4 Edisi 2 2022

Knowledge of the use of generic drugs in the community, especially students is low, this is due to the lack of further education on the effectiveness of generic drugs. The aims of this study was to determine the level of knowledge of the use of generic drugs in pharmacy and non-pharmaceutical students at UNTAN Pontianak. The research method used is an observational study with cross-sectional. Respondents in this study amounted to 98 respondents, consisting of 49 pharmacy students and 49 non-pharmacy students, who met the inclusion criteria. Normality test data normally distributed (p0.005), then the analysis used was parametric data analysis using the independent T-Test test. The results showed that there was a significant difference between the level of knowledge on the use of generic drugs in pharmacy and non-pharmaceutical students. In conclusion, the percentage comparison of the level of knowledge with the average value on 4 dimensions, namely, pharmacy students is 82.39% and non-pharmacy students are 38.35%. The level of knowledge about generic drugs in pharmacy students was higher than non 0.00 students (p 0.005).