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Table 4 Patients’ and pharmacists’ demand for the development of medication counseling standards

From: A comparison of patients’ and pharmacists’ satisfaction with medication counseling provided by community pharmacies: a cross-sectional survey

 

Number of participants (%)

p-value*

Patients

Pharmacists

Very necessary

88 (34.9)

186 (30.0)

< 0.001

Necessary

133 (52.8)

267 (43.1)

Neither

26 (10.3)

105 (16.9)

Unnecessary

3 (1.2)

45 (7.3)

Very unnecessary

2 (0.8)

17 (2.7)

Total

252 (100.0)

620 (100.0)

  1. *Chi-square test