Table 6 Services offered by pharmacists with regards to CAM and their corresponding satisfaction among study participants. (n = 832)*
From: The role of pharmacists in complementary and alternative medicine in Lebanon: users’ perspectives
n(%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Received the service | Of those who received the service | |||||
Strongly satisfied | Satisfied | Neutral | Dissatisfied | Strongly dissatisfied | ||
Did your pharmacist give you information on the side effect of CAM (Yes = 725) | 725(87.1) | 342(47.2) | 305(42.1) | 43(5.9) | 6(0.8) | 0(0.0) |
Did your pharmacist ask you questions about your medical history before dispensing CAM (like disease history, medications, allergy etc.)? (Yes = 651) | 651(78.2) | 327(50.2) | 263(40.4) | 33(5.1) | 3(0.5) | 1(0.2) |
Did your pharmacist tell you how to use CAM products (dose, timing, duration, etc.) (Yes = 777) | 777(93.4) | 411(52.9) | 301(38.7) | 29(3.7) | 2(0.3) | 1(0.1) |
Did your pharmacist spend enough time with you when you ask about CAM product? (Yes = 701) | 701(84.3) | 308(43.9) | 303(43.2) | 63(9.0) | 2(0.3) | 2(0.3) |
Did your pharmacist know how to explain things in an understandable way to you? (Yes = 765) | 765(91.9) | 364(47.6) | 321(42.0) | 43(5.6) | 3(0.4) | 1(0.1) |
Did your pharmacist provide information CAM-drug interaction (Yes = 587) | 587(70.6) | 299(50.9) | 230(39.2) | 32(5.5) | 0(0.0) | 1(0.2) |