Mintage Journal of Pharmaceutical and Medical Sciences (ISSN: 2320-3315)

Author(s): SAFILA NAVEED1* NIMRA WAHEED1 AND SIDRA GHAYAS

Objective: The  purpose  of  this  study  was  to  evaluate  awareness regarding  blastocystosis,  its  cause,  symptoms,  diagnosis  and  treatment.  Blastocystis  hominis  is  a microscopic parasite found in the stools of healthy people as well as in the stools of those who have diarrhea, abdominal pain or other GI gastrointestinal problems. Infection which  is  caused by  blastocystosisis  called  blastocystosis. Method:The  survey  is  conducted  which  is  based  on  questionnaire,  in  which  students  of  pharm  D  and microbiologist  werequestioned  regarding  blastocystosis disease.Results:At  t-test  reveal  a  statistically  reliable  difference  between  the  mean  number  of  awareness percentage  that  the  microbiologist  has  (M=4.12,  s=1.995) and that the pharmacist has (M=2.76,s=2.42),t(94)=3.084 ,p=1.66, ,∞=0.05.Conclusions:  Fromthis  survey  we found that awareness regarding blastocystosis disease microbiologist have more awareness than pharmacist about blastocystosis