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Table 3 Information sources used by professionals when applying medication during pregnancy.

From: Depression during pregnancy: views on antidepressant use and information sources of general practitioners and pharmacists

 

General practitioners

(N = 128) %

Pharmacists

(N = 142) %

Significant difference between GPs and pharmacists?

 

Always

Most of the time

Some-times

Never

Always

Most of the time

Some-times

Never

 

Standard works on drug use in pregnancy and lactation

1

2

5

91

0

3

4

94

ns

National Teratology Information Service

5

11

17

66

16

12

39

33

**

Pharmacist for general practitioners/psychiatrist for pharmacists

5

23

45

28

0

3

27

70

ns

National Health Insurance System Formulary

48

37

13

3

23

23

38

16

**

NHG-standards*

7

23

38

31

5

8

37

51

**

Manufacturer

0

5

21

74

6

7

63

24

**

Internet e.g. Pubmed or Medline (research reports, issued guidelines)

2

9

34

55

2

8

39

51

Ns

  1. * Guidelines issued by the Dutch College of General Practitioners (NHG)
  2. ** p < 0.01
  3. ns = not significant
  4. nr = not relevant, item concerns 2 questions, one for each group