Information-seeking behaviour of community pharmacists during the COVID-19 pandemic: an ecological study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the information-seeking behaviour of pharmacists during the COVID-19 pandemic and its relation to COVID-19 and related infections and deaths within the local prefecture.

Design

Ecological study.

Setting

Japan-47 prefectures.

Methods

The number of accesses to a Japanese web page established by the Pharmacy Informatics Group to disseminate information about infection control and the number of infections and deaths in 47 prefectures were investigated from 6 April to 30 September 2020 using the access information on the web page and publicly available information.

Results

During the first 6 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the total number of accesses was 226 130 (range: 10 984-138 898 per month), the total number of infections was 78 7

SUBMITTER: Suzuki S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9933132 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature