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. 2016 Mar 15;2016:7801637. doi: 10.1155/2016/7801637

Table 5.

Respondents' practice behaviors in relation to pharmaceutical care of TM products (N = 231).

Items n (%)
(1) How often do you sell TM products in the pharmacy?
 Never 4 (2%)
 Whenever deemed appropriate 123 (53%)
 Only upon customers' requests 60 (26%)
 To all customers 44 (19%)
(2) How often do you discuss the use of TM products with your customers?
 Never 3 (1%)
 Whenever deemed appropriate 120 (52%)
 Only upon customers' requests 82 (36%)
 To all customers 26 (11%)
(3) How often do you advise customers about appropriate dosing and duration of treatment with TM products?
 Never 3 (1%)
 Whenever deemed appropriate 130 (57%)
 Only upon customers' requests 77 (33%)
 To all customers 21 (9%)
(4) How often do you advise customers about common side effects of TM products?
 Never 5 (2%)
 Whenever deemed appropriate 118 (51%)
 Only upon customers' requests 87 (38%)
 To all customers 210 (9%)
(5) How often do you advise customers about important interactions between TM products and conventional medicines?
 Never 14 (6%)
 Whenever deemed appropriate 102 (44%)
 Only upon customers' requests 96 (42%)
 To all customers 19 (8%)