Table 4.
Perceptions of the medication counseling and the role of community pharmacists in the COPD treatment by community pharmacists in Finland (n=263)
| Survey statement | Number of responses and percentages to each category
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| Totally agree | Agree | Disagree | Totally disagree | |
| Counseling work of COPD patients is meaningful | 120 (46%) | 116 (44%) | 27 (10%) | 0 (0%) |
| Pharmacist has an important role in the treatment chain of COPD patients | 80 (30.5%) | 134 (51%) | 44 (16.5%) | 5 (2%) |
| Pharmacist can motivate COPD patients for the self-management of the disease | 54 (20.5%) | 141 (53.5%) | 64 (24.5%) | 4 (1.5%) |
| As a pharmacist, follow-up of COPD patients is possible | 49 (18.5%) | 144 (55%) | 61 (23%) | 9 (3.5%) |