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Table 3 Respondents’ practice towards pharmaceutical service (N = 280)

From: Community pharmacists’ perceptions about pharmaceutical service of over-the-counter traditional Chinese medicine: a survey study in Harbin of China

 

n(%)

Educ-ation

Certif-icate

WM workl-oad

 

Never

Only upon consum-ers’ request-s

Whene-ver necessa-ry

As frequ-ent as possi-ble

To all consu-mers

P

P

P

How often would you find out all the medicines taken by patients?

21 (7.5)

61 (21.8)

77 (27.5)

71 (25.4)

50 (17.9)

.000*

.000*

.000*

How often would you recommend suitable OTC TCM to consumers?

15 (5.4)

79 (28.2)

95 (33.9)

58 (20.7)

33 (11.8)

.057

.000*

.018*

How often would you re-direct consumers to the right OTC TCM?

17 (6.1)

75 (26.8)

84 (30.0)

60 (21.4)

44 (15.7)

.002*

.000*

.006*

How often would you remind consumers of possible OTC TCM adverse reactions?

18 (6.4)

60 (21.4)

79 (28.2)

67 (23.9)

56 (20.0)

.002*

.000*

.009*

  1. * P <0.05