KMID : 0941820130230040334
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Korean Journal of Clinical Pharmacy 2013 Volume.23 No. 4 p.334 ~ p.343
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Consumer Perspectives and Utilization of Drug Information in Korea
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Lee Iyn-Hyang
Kye Seung-Hee Lee Suk-Hyang
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study aims to investigate consumers¡¯ demand of and perspective on drug information domestically available and uncover hurdles that they faced while utilizing information.
Methods: We conducted a survey of 101 consumers, face-to-face after obtaining informed consent. Chi-squared, or Fisher¡¯s exact tests, and multivariate logistic models were used to investigate the association between participants¡¯ perceptions and characteristics.
Results: As results, participants showed the highest demand for ¡°Adverse effects >90%¡±; ¡°Drug interactions/Dosage/Drug-food interactions/ Indication >80%¡±, and utilized package inserts (52%), doctors (41%) and pharmacists (36%) most often as information sources. Generally, the most common difficulty consumers suffered with was that ¡°it is hard to understand (51%)¡±. With public sources of drug information, sixty one percent of participants were ¡°unaware of the provision of information¡±, resulting in strikingly low usage rates (5~11%). Subgroup analyses indicated that the older (¡Ã 50 years) and the disadvantaged might have been placed in the blind spot of information mostly developed online (p<0.05).
Conclusion: In conclusion, public sources of drug information that have been developed online might fail to meet consumers¡¯ demand. Greater efforts should be made to balance the development of the information sources between online and offline, and to increase accessibility of the established information sources.
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KEYWORD
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drug information, consumer, safety use, survey
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