Table 3. Changes in services provided by community pharmacies using telepharmacy tools during the three periods according to the type of pharmacy: Group/chain pharmacy (n=276) and individual pharmacy (n=115).
| Number of pharmacies services | Statistics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Services | Type of Pharmacy | Before the lockdown period | During the lockdown period | After the lockdown period | P value |
| Managing of mild diseases | Group | 136 | 140 | 113 | 0.019 |
| Individual | 81 | 45 | 51 | ||
| Dispensing and delivering prescribed medications | Group | 146 | 152 | 124 | 0.054 |
| Individual | 80 | 52 | 46 | ||
| Dispensing and delivering OTC medications | Group | 182 | 181 | 156 | 0.029 |
| Individual | 95 | 57 | 58 | ||
| Advising about medications | Group | 180 | 164 | 145 | 0.29 |
| Individual | 91 | 62 | 59 | ||
| General health information | Group | 186 | 159 | 151 | 0.084 |
| Individual | 95 | 56 | 53 | ||
| Providing herbals and supplements | Group | 169 | 153 | 140 | 0.097 |
| Individual | 94 | 59 | 54 | ||
| Selling cosmetic and other health products | Group | 175 | 149 | 131 | 0.049 |
| Individual | 97 | 54 | 48 | ||
| Services for patients with chronic diseases | Group | 135 | 128 | 119 | 0.026 |
| Individual | 71 | 42 | 35 | ||
Fonts in Bold indicate statistically significant values, i.e., P < 0.05