Table 7.
Percentage of respondents who agreed that community pharmacists should initiate treatment, according to a collective prescription, for patients with various chronic conditions: N = 170.
| CHRONIC CONDITION |
RESPONDENTS, %*
|
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMPLETELY AGREE | SOMEWHAT AGREE | SOMEWHAT DISAGREE | COMPLETELY DISAGREE | |
| Traveler’s diarrhea | 31.8 | 48.8 | 11.8 | 7.6 |
| Juvenile acne (topical treatment) | 29.4 | 44.7 | 16.5 | 9.4 |
| Allergic rhinitis (treatment other than antihistamines) | 27.1 | 46.5 | 16.5 | 10.0 |
| Regular hormonal contraception | 22.9 | 34.7 | 27.1 | 15.3 |
| Uncomplicated cystitis | 18.8 | 37.1 | 28.8 | 15.3 |
| Pharyngitis | 10.0 | 14.7 | 52.9 | 22.4 |
*
Some percentages do not add to 100% owing to rounding.