Table 3.
Response rates of community pharmacist’s attitude toward patient-centred care services.
| Questions of Attitude | Strongly agree n (%) |
Agree n (%) |
Uncertain n (%) |
Disagree n (%) |
Strongly agree n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A pharmacist should check the medication history of a person whenever they buy any pharmaceutical product (OTC, drugs, herbals, supplements) | 167 (57.7) |
92 (32) |
14 (4.8) |
14 (4.8) |
2 (0.7) |
| Explaining adverse drug reactions to the patient often decreases the patient’s interest and compliance with drug therapy | 76 (26.3) |
116 (40.1) |
41 (14.2) |
38 (13.1) |
18 (6.2) |
| Community pharmacists should educate pregnant women about the dangers of taking drugs during pregnancy | 211 (73) | 67 (23.1) |
8 (2.7) | 3 (1) | 0 |
| Smoking cessation programmes offered by community pharmacists can help in reducing the number of smokers in Saudi Arabia | 163 (56.4) |
78 (27) |
30 (10.4) |
14 (4.8) |
4 (1.4) |
| It is important to guide healthcare consumers on choosing a suitable supplement (multivitamins, herbal products) | 161 (55.7) | 110 (38) | 11 (3.8) | 5 (1.7) | 2 (0.7) |
| Discussing the importance of medication adherence with patients having chronic diseases can result in better therapeutic outcome | 197 (68.1) |
79 (27.3) |
9 (3.1) |
3 (1) |
1 (0.3) |
| It is not important to advise asthmatic patients to monitor their peak expiratory flow rate at home | 32 (11) | 47 (16.3) |
83 (28.7) | 58 (20) | 69 (23.9) |
| Community pharmacists should call the physician immediately after suspecting an error in the prescription | 182 (62.9) |
69 (23.8) |
26 (9) |
12 (4.1) |
0 |