1. Community pharmacists’ use, perception and knowledge on dietary supplements: a cross sectional study
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Ana Šešelja Perišin, Mate Portolan, Josko Bozic, Dario Leskur, Josipa Bukic, Branka Kuzmanic, Darko Modun, Ana Petric, Ante Mihanović, Siniša Tomić, and Doris Rusic
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mesh:Attitude of Health Personnel ,Cross-sectional study ,pharmacists ,Pharmaceutical Science ,cross-sectional studies ,lcsh:RS1-441 ,Pharmacy ,Pharmacists ,030226 pharmacology & pharmacy ,mesh:Evidence-Based Pharmacy Practice ,0302 clinical medicine ,Interquartile range ,mesh:Croatia ,mesh:Practice ,mesh:Dietary Supplements ,media_common ,Original Research ,Practice ,Health Knowledge ,mesh:Attitudes ,croatia ,Systematic review ,attitude of health personnel ,Evidence-Based Pharmacy Practice ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Evidence-based practice ,Attitude of Health Personnel ,Croatia ,mesh:Health Knowledge ,media_common.quotation_subject ,health knowledge attitudes practice ,education ,dietary supplements ,lcsh:Pharmacy and materia medica ,03 medical and health sciences ,pharmacies ,Dietary Supplements, Evidence-Based Pharmacy Practice, Pharmacies, Pharmacists, Attitude of Health Personnel, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Cross-Sectional Studies, Croatia ,Perception ,medicine ,mesh:Pharmacists ,Pharmacies ,business.industry ,evidence-based pharmacy practice ,lcsh:RM1-950 ,mesh:Pharmacies ,Odds ratio ,Work experience ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,lcsh:Therapeutics. Pharmacology ,mesh:Cross-Sectional Studies ,Attitudes ,Family medicine ,Dietary Supplements ,business - Abstract
Background: Pharmacists are commonly tasked with recommending the appropriate dietary supplement and advising the patients of their correct and safe use. Previous research, conducted on pharmacy students, showed that they did not always use the evidence based sources of information, with personal use identified as a significant predictor influencing the decision to recommend a supplement. Objectives: To compare use, perceptions and knowledge of dietary supplements of pharmacists with different years of work experience and to explore factors that could influence their recommendation of supplements. Methods: A questionnaire based cross-sectional study was conducted on Croatian community pharmacists in September 2017. The questionnaire explored pharmacists’ demographic characteristics, use, perceptions and knowledge of dietary supplements. Pharmacists (N=102) were divided in two groups based on their work experience: P0 (
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- 2021