Table 1 Questionnaire on pharmacotherapy for CKD patients
Information requested | Information obtained |
|---|---|
Type of work | Community pharmacist/Hospital pharmacist |
Geographical distribution | Prefecture |
Work experience (years) | <5, 5–9, 10–20, >20 |
Medical departments from which prescriptions are routinely received | Multiple choice format/17 departments (general internal medicine, respiratory medicine, gastroenterology, nephrology, endocrinology, hematology, psychiatry, pediatrics, orthopedics, dermatology, ophthalmology, urology, surgery, otorhinolaryngology, dentistry, obstetrics and gynecology) |
Awareness of pharmacotherapy of CKD patients | Four items, using a 5-point Likert-type scale |
Experience with adverse drug events caused by inappropriate dosage for CKD patients | Yes/No; when “yes” selected, respondent asked to name the drug that caused the adverse drug event |
Implementation of ADDR | Implemented/not implemented |
Obstacles to implementation of ADDR for CKD patients | Multiple choice format/five possible obstacles listed |