Kim Hamrosi|David K. Raynor|Parisa Aslani
Pharmacist, general practitioner and consumer use of written medicine information in Australia: Are they on the same page?
University of Sydney|University of Leeds|University of Sydney
providing written medicine information consumers enables make informed decisions medicines playing important role educating improving health literacy australia standardized written medicine information called consumer medicine information cmi available medicines package inserts computer prints leaflets consumers want read cmi may always ask general practitioners gps pharmacists important source written medicine information yet may always provide cmi practice examine compare awareness use provision cmi consumers pharmacists general practitioners gps based previous studies structured questionnaires developed administered national sample consumers phone survey community pharmacists gps postal surveys utilization cmi descriptive comparative logistic regression analyses conducted respondents comprised 349 pharmacists 181 gps 1000 consumers twothirds consumers nearly 99 pharmacists 90 gps aware cmi 88 consumers reported receiving cmi package insert however pharmacists 99 gps 56 reported providing computergenerated cmi gps pharmacists main reason providing cmi patient request reasons providing predominantly consumers already taking medicine concerns regarding difficulty understanding information potential nonadherence 691 consumers reportedly reading cmi 35 indicated concerns reading factors associated reading included gender type cmi received frequency provision consumers want read information medicines especially received gp pharmacist healthcare professionals report usually discussing cmi providing patients although continued improvements dissemination rates desirable regular use cmi remains challenge ongoing strategies promote cmi use necessary improve uptake cmi australia