| Autor: |
Naser Y. Shraim, Ramzi Shawahna, Muna A. Sorady, Banan M. Aiesh, Ghadeer Sh. Alashqar, Raghad I. Jitan, Waed M. Abu Hanieh, Yasmeen B. Hotari, Waleed M. Sweileh, Sa’ed H. Zyoud |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2017 |
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| Zdroj: |
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2017) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1472-6882 |
| DOI: |
10.1186/s12906-017-1940-8 |
| Popis: |
Abstract Background Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) utilization is dramatically increasing among patients. As community pharmacies are a major provider of CAM products, community pharmacists need to have the sufficient knowledge and information to advice their patients, answer their inquiries and to be proactive in the healthcare process to ensure optimal therapy outputs and minimize both drug-drug and drug-herb interactions. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to assess the knowledge, beliefs, and practices of community pharmacists in Palestine about CAM. Methods The study was conducted in a cross-sectional design in which a questionnaire was administered on a sample of licensed community pharmacists from Palestine. The questionnaire was of 5 sections: demographic and practice details of the participants, practice, beliefs, and knowledge about CAM. Mann-Whitney-U or Kruskal-Wallis tests were used to comparison of different issues as appropriate. P-values of |
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