Assessment of counseling practice in medicine retail outlets in Mekelle City, Northern Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Patient counseling can ideally be providing medication information orally or in written form to patients or their attendants, and it helps to form a concordant approach on encouraging patient involvement in the pharmaceutical care process and to explore patient's knowledge and understanding. Lack of adequate knowledge on drugs and up-to-date drug information are the major factor that hinders counseling services. This study assessed counseling practice of pharmacy professionals in Mekelle City.

Methods

A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted. Professionals who volunteered to participate were involved. Self-administered questionnaires were used as data collecting tool to grasp professionals' practice on patient counseling, and the data were analyzed b

SUBMITTER: Belay YB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5557119 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature