Table 2.
Responses of community pharmacist’s practice toward patient-centred care services.
| Questions of Practice | Strongly agree n (%) | Agree n (%) |
Uncertain n (%) |
Disagree n (%) |
Strongly disagree n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Identifying women’s status (pregnancy, breastfeeding) in community pharmacy practice can be challenging | 50 (16.8) |
124 (41.6) |
49 (16.4) |
57 (19.1) |
18 (6) |
| The unavailability of reference books and guidelines is an obstacle to providing medication counselling to healthcare consumers | 64 (21.4) |
140 (46.9) |
30 (10) |
50 (16.8) |
16 (5.3) |
| Pharmacist-run clinic in the community pharmacy for the monitoring and management of chronic diseases is underutilized in Saudi Arabia. | 130 (43.6) |
111 (37.2) |
38 (12.8) |
16 (5.4) |
3 (1) |
| Pharmacist-led vaccination services at community pharmacies can help support the vaccination rates in Saudi Arabia | 152 (51) |
94 (31.5) |
25 (8.4) |
20 (6.7) |
7 (2.3) |
| It is difficult to access patient’s medical records from primary healthcare centres | 87 (29.1) | 128 (42.9) | 36 (12.1) | 35 (11.7) | 12 (4) |
| Pharmacy information software in the Arabic language is necessary for effective patient counselling | 123 (41.3) | 107 (35.9) | 25 (8.4) | 29 (9.7) | 14 (4.7) |
| Community pharmacies need a trained pharmacy technician to perform administrative tasks | 109 (36.5) | 108 (36.2) | 46 (15.4) | 20 (6.7) | 15 (5) |
| Community pharmacists need extra remuneration to provide patient-centred care services (clinics, awareness programmes, vaccination) | 196 (65.8) |
82 (27.5) |
15 (5) |
3 (1) |
2 (0.6) |
| Professional training programmes for community pharmacists should be offered by pharmacy colleges and professional organizations. | 207 (69.5) |
78 (26.2) |
9 (3) |
1 (0.3) |
3 (1) |