Table 3. Family Physicians’ Knowledge on the Pharmacotherapies for Substance Dependences.
Knowledge in Prescribing Pharmacotherapies | Tobacco Number (%) of Family Physicians | Alcohol Number (%) of Family Physicians | Opioid Number (%) of Family Physicians |
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Sufficient knowledge on ALL pharmacotherapies and comfortable prescribing | 38 (32) | 5 (4) | 5 (4) |
Sufficient knowledge on SOME pharmacotherapies and comfortable prescribing | 77 (65) | 35 (29) | 33 (28) |
Some knowledge on ALL of the pharmacotherapies but not comfortable prescribing | 1 (1) | 10 (8) | 13 (11) |
Some knowledge on SOME of the pharmacotherapies but not comfortable prescribing | 3 (3) | 51 (43) | 57 (48) |
No knowledge about pharmacotherapies and not comfortable prescribing | 0 (0) | 6 (5) | 10 (8) |
Did not know that Health Canada approved pharmacotherapies were available | 0 (0) | 12 (10) | 1 (1) |