Type 2 Diabetes Patients' Views of Local Pharmacists and Fulfilment with Pharmaceutical Diabetes Care in Syria's Latakia Governorate: An Online Survey Research.

ABSTRACT: Assessing the attitudes of diabetic patients towards community-pharmacy services and determining the demand for new services could help monitor and evaluate the therapeutic response. This study aimed to evaluate type 2 diabetes patients' satisfaction regarding pharmacy care in community pharmacies and shed a light on the reasons for diabetic patients' non-adherence to treatments. An online survey was conducted on a random sample of patients (n = 196) at the national Diabetes Centre in Latakia, Syria, from April to November 2022. The questionnaire consisted of four primary parts: (1) demographic characteristics of responders, (2) patients' therapeutic behaviors, (3) diabetes knowledge, and (4) the general level of satisfaction with pharmacy diabetes services. The data were analyzed u

SUBMITTER: Al Assaf S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10298587 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature