Table-II.
Health care physicians perspective of Vitamin D prescription (n=96).
| Questions | Yes |
|---|---|
| N (%) | |
| What do you normally prefer for your patient in Vitamin D deficiency? | |
| Tablet | 64 (66.7) |
| Oral Liquid Injection form | 32 (33.3) |
| Do you normally demonstrate or teach them how to break glass ampoule? | 45 (46.9) |
| Have any patient requested you to switch from Liquid vitamin D to oral Vitamin D | 46 (47.9) |
| Have any of your patient suffered some injury while breaking glass ampoule? | 42 (43.8) |
| Patients have better compliance with which Form, Injection or Tablet? | |
| Chewable tablet | 71 (74) |
| Oral liquid | 25 (26) |
| Which form of iron preparation has better bioavailability? | |
| Chewable tablet | 30 (31.3) |
| Oral Liquid | 19 (19.8) |
| Both | 47 (49) |