Therapeutic lifestyle strategies taught in Nigerian pharmacy schools

Background: Therapeutic lifestyle modifications are the basis of treatment and prevention of numerous chronic diseases.

Objective: To describe the therapeutic lifestyle modifications taught in Nigerian pharmacy schools.

Methods: A short self-administered online questionnaire (using Google Form), to ascertain the curricular coverage of therapeutic lifestyle modification in undergraduate pharmacy training programs was sent to the Deans of all accredited schools of pharmacy in Nigeria (n = 20). The collected data were summarized using descriptive statistics.

Results: Thirteen schools of pharmacy participated in the study. All the schools taught at least one of the 10 specified therapeutic lifestyle strategies. Less than a third taught smoking cessation (2.0, 15.4%), lifestyle modifications for pregnant women (2.0, 15.4%) and patients with mental health issues (1.0, 7.7%).

Conclusion: There are variations in the content of teaching of therapeutic lifestyle approaches in Nigerian pharmacy schools. To enhance therapeutic lifestyles, it is essential to improve the content and teaching of therapeutic lifestyle strategies in Nigerian pharmacy schools. All schools should do more to ensure that they are providing adequate training to enable students to be prepared for delivering support to all patients (including pregnant women and mental health patients) on therapeutic lifestyles.

背景：治疗性生活方式干预是众多慢性疾病治疗与预防的核心基础。

研究目的：阐明尼日利亚药学院校所讲授的治疗性生活方式干预内容。

研究方法：本研究向尼日利亚所有经认证的药学院校院长（共20所）发送了一份简短的自填式在线问卷（采用Google Form平台制作），以评估本科药学培养方案中治疗性生活方式干预的课程覆盖情况。回收数据采用描述性统计方法进行汇总分析。

研究结果：共有13所药学院校参与本研究。所有参与院校均至少讲授了10项指定治疗性生活方式干预策略中的1项。仅不足三分之一的院校开设了戒烟干预（2所，占比15.4%）、孕妇生活方式干预（2所，占比15.4%）以及精神疾病患者生活方式干预（1所，占比7.7%）相关课程。

研究结论：尼日利亚药学院校的治疗性生活方式干预教学内容存在显著差异。为优化治疗性生活方式相关教学，尼日利亚药学院校亟需完善治疗性生活方式干预策略的课程内容与教学模式。所有院校均应进一步加强相关培训，确保学生能够充分掌握为各类患者（包括孕妇与精神疾病患者）提供治疗性生活方式支持所需的能力。