Table 2.

Participants’ attitudes in seeking medical advice from a physician and/or pharmacist

Statement	n (%)
First illness reference
Physician	962 (56.0)
Pharmacist	281 (16.4)
Your information	151 (8.8)
Family members	218 (12.7)
Friends	29 (1.7)
Others	53 (3.1)
Which of the following is the best preferred for you?
Visit the physician	704 (41.0)
Visit the pharmacist	208 (12.1)
Call the physician	101 (5.9)
Call the pharmacist	42 (2.4)
Visit both the physician and pharmacist	529 (30.8)
Call both the physician and pharmacist	133 (7.7)
How many times do you visit physicians per month?
Never	310 (18.1)
Rarely	1191 (69.4)
1-3	158 (9.2)
4-6	26 (1.5)
> 6	32 (1.9)
Do you visit the physician for a routine checkup (without an acute problem)?
Never	640 (37.3)
Rarely	522 (30.4)
Sometimes	478 (27.8)
Always	77 (4.5)
How often do you go to the pharmacists to check your medications?
Never	0 (0.0)
Once per week	57 (3.3)
Once per month	229 (13.3)
Once every 3 months	167 (9.7)
Once every 6 months	177 (10.3)
When I have any medication changes	1046 (62.0)
Do you have a specific community pharmacy to deal with?
Yes	1013 (59.0)
Do you have an electronic file as a patient in the pharmacy?
Yes	187 (10.9)
How many minutes do you spend in the pharmacy to ask about the treatment?
<5 minutes	836 (48.7)
5-9 minutes	650 (37.9)
10-15 minutes	173 (10.1)
>15 minutes	58 (3.4)
Do you think that the pharmacist’s advice about the medications is more trustable than the physician’s advice?
Yes	566 (33.0)
No	237 (13.8)
Sometimes	853 (49.7)
Prefer not to answer	61 (3.6)
If yes or sometimes, why?*
Have extensive knowledge about medications	1148 (66.9)
I trust the pharmacist’s advice	843 (49.1)
Easy access	1253 (73.0)
Cheap option	946 (55.1)
Others	403 (23.5)

^*Participants were able to choose more than one answer to this question.