Knowledge Awareness of Syrian Private University students about Anticogulin (types, mechanism of action, indications, and side effects)

Objective: This study aims to know the awareness of students at the Syrian Private University about thinners (their types, mechanism of action, indications, and side effects). Methods and materials: A cross-sectional study in which 267 students from the Syrian Private University participated. Data were collected through a Google Form in the period between 1/6/2024 and 7/6/2024. Voluntary participation in the study is considered an informed consent. The data was analyzed by SPSS program. Results: The sample size was 267 participants from various colleges, most of whom were from the College of Human Medicine (53.9%), the average age was 23.21 years, and the majority of students were in the sixth, fifth, and third years (35.2%, 23.6%, and 12.7%, respectively). Students who know clopidogrel 62.9%, those who know prasugrel 31.5%, those who know Ticagrelor 39%, those who know warfarin 76%, those who know dabigatran 34.5%, those who know apixaban 47.2%, those who know aspirin 91%, those who know rivoroxaban 50.9%, and those who know Edoxaban 40.4%, and those who know heparin 30.3%. Conclusion: Health educators should place special emphasis on students who have predicted poor knowledge and poor disposition toward dispensing diluted medications without an actual indication.