Table 2.

Community pharmacists’ self-assessed level of knowledge concerning key issues of COPD and the current care guideline in Finland (n=263)

Survey statement	Number of responses and percentages to each category
According to self-assessment I know the following key issues concerning COPD:	Very well	Well	Poorly	Very poorly
Reasons	61 (23%)	178 (68%)	24 (9%)	0 (0%)
Symptoms	38 (14.5%)	200 (76%)	25 (9.5%)	0 (0%)
Inhaled medicinal products	34 (13%)	195 (74%)	33 (12.5%)	1 (0.5%)
Nonpharmacological treatments (smoking cessation, physical exercise, and nutrition)	61 (23%)	161 (61%)	41 (16%)	0 (0%)
Similarities and differences between COPD and asthma	28 (10.5%)	173 (66%)	60 (23%)	2 (1%)
Progress of the disease	26 (10%)	170 (64.5%)	66 (25%)	1 (0.5%)
Symptoms of exacerbations	21 (8%)	157 (59.5%)	83 (31.5%)	2 (1%)
Treatments of exacerbations	17 (6.5%)	141 (53.5%)	104 (39.5%)	1 (0.5%)
Non-inhaled medicinal products	13 (5%)	115 (43.5%)	125 (47.5%)	10 (4%)
Current care treatment guideline	11 (4%)	115 (44%)	134 (51%)	3 (1%)