A Study to Understand the Awareness, Beliefs, and Practices About Food and Medicine Interactions Among Pharmacy and Medical Interns at a Major Hospital in India

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Pharmacy and Medical Interns

• Registration Number: CTRI/2025/05/086960
• Lead Sponsor: Kasturba Medical College Manipal

Brief Summary

After obtaining Ethics Committee  approval and CTRIregistration, the study will commence. The validated questionnaire will beinitially piloted among 10 -15 participants. These participants will not beincluded in the main study. Once piloted, the questionnaire will be digitally circulatedamong pharmacy and medical interns through email and other messaging platforms.PIS and IC will be given on the first page. After consenting to participate,the respondent will be redirected to the questionnaire page. The questionnairewill collect information regarding awareness , perceptions and practicesregarding food-drug interactions. Once the sample size is reached, the datawill be gathered, cleaned, and analyzed as per the data analysis section ofthis protocol. After data analysis, the manuscript draft will be prepared andcommunicated to journals for publication.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2025-01-06
• Last Update Posted: 2025-05-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 175

Inclusion Criteria

• Pharmacy and medical interns who are currently doing internship at the hospital.
• Willingness to participate and provide informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

• Undergraduate students, although completed their final year, not yet in their internship phase 2.
• Those who are not wiling to participate.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Food-Drug Interaction	Baseline

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Association between demographic factors and KAP scores	Baseline

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Kasturba Medical College; 🇮🇳 Udupi, KARNATAKA, India

Kasturba Medical College

🇮🇳Udupi, KARNATAKA, India

Dr Abdullah Yahya Ebrahim Zaawari

Principal investigator

7981287360

abdullah.kmcmpl2022@learner.manipal.edu