Patient experience and use of probiotics in community-based health care settings.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate patient experience with probiotics and factors that influence probiotic use among adult patients.

Method

Patients were invited to complete a questionnaire that assessed their experiences and opinions regarding probiotics. Questionnaires were distributed to patients seeking primary health care services at a family and community medicine practice site and a community pharmacy. Patients were invited to complete the questionnaire while awaiting the physician or waiting for prescriptions to be filled.

Results

Overall, 162 surveys were completed and returned (66% response rate) from patients aged 18 to 89 years of age (mean 49.5 years). Most patients (n=107; 65%) were familiar with the term "probiotic", and 49 patients (29.9%) had personally used th

SUBMITTER: Chin-Lee B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4222242 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature