Table 5.
Attitude toward receiving information about adverse drug reactions of NSAIDs (n=200*)
| Items | Strongly agree | Agree | Not sure | Disagree | Strongly disagree |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| You need to know about ADRs of medications | 111 (66.5) | 77 (38.5) | 12 (6) | ||
| Being informed about ADRs may increase your anxiety | 62 (31) | 38 (19) | 46 (23) | 28 (14) | 20 (10) |
| Physicians should have a role to inform you about ADRs | 92 (46) | 96 (48) | 8 (4) | - | - |
| Receiving ADR information from healthcare professional may be a waste of time | 16 (8) | 12 (6) | 24 (12) | 94 (47) | 54 (27) |
| Pharmacists should play a direct role in providing ADR information | 72 (36) | 109 (54.5) | 11 (5.5) | - | 8 (4) |
| Information about ADRs may help you to tell physicians about any abnormal symptoms which occur | 66 (33) | 108 (54) | 26 (13) | - | - |
| Information about ADRs may cause you to discontinue medicines | 78 (39) | 30 (15) | 51 (25.5) | 32 (16) | 9 (4.5) |
| Healthcare setting provide you insufficient knowledge of ADRs | 63 (31.5) | 106 (53) | 31 (15.5) | - | - |
| Provision of information from health professionals and receiving information leaflets can improve your knowledge about medicines | 78 (39) | 108 (54) | 4 (2) | 6 (3) | 4 (2) |
| Receiving information leaflets may encourage you to decrease your adherence | 31 (15.5) | 49 (24.5) | 6 (3) | 83 (41.5) | 31 (15.5) |
| Information leaflets are an information source which can help you to monitor ADRs and tell health professionals about ADRs | 52 (26) | 132 (66) | 8 (4) | 8 (4) | - |
| Information leaflets cannot improve your confidence about safety when using medicines | 24 (12) | 31 (15.5) | 32 (16) | 72 (36) | 41 (20.5) |
| Receiving an information leaflet the first time of using a medicine is a necessity | 50 (25) | 116 (58) | 16 (8) | 12 (6) | 6 (3) |
| You don’t need information leaflets for all medicines | 35 (17.5) | 63 (31.5) | 24 (12) | 50 (25) | 28 (14) |
| Information leaflets that you have read were difficult to understand | 20 (10) | 63 (31.5) | 30 (15) | 71 (35.5) | 14 (7) |
| Information leaflets are not reliable information sources for providing medicines’ information for you | 37 (18.5) | 63 (31.5) | 28 (14) | 28 (14) | 44 (22) |
| You need to receive information leaflets which are specifically for patients | 65 (32.5) | 119 (59.5) | 8 (4) | 6 (3) | 2 (1) |
| If you receive a patient information leaflet, you are confident you will thoroughly read that leaflet | 89 (44.5) | 103 (51.5) | 8 (4) |
NSAID: Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug; ADR: Adverse drug reaction. *Numbers and percentage do not add up to total (100%) due to missing data