An online cross-sectional survey of community pharmacists to assess information needs for evidence-based self-medication counselling.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community pharmacists play an important role in healthcare. They are frequently visited by patients to receive advice on self-medication products. Little research has been conducted to investigate pharmacists' information needs for evidence-based self-medication counselling.

Aim

To assess community pharmacists' information needs in five predefined areas: general and specific individual needs, quality needs, utilisation needs, implication needs, and access needs for evidence based self-medication counselling.

Method

After ethical approval, we conducted an exploratory, semi-quantitative, cross-sectional online survey. Members of three different chambers of pharmacists in Germany were invited to participate anonymously in the survey. They gave informed consent

SUBMITTER: Alexa JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10682211 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature