Table 2 Participants’ experience with medication counselling
From: Shared decision making and experiences of patients with long-term conditions: has anything changed?
| Experience with medication counselling | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Percentage (%) | |
| Topics covered during medication counselling (N = 240) | ||
| Purpose of the medication | 239 | 99.5 |
| How to take the medication | 240 | 100 |
| Important side-effects | 92 | 38.3 |
| Action to take in case of having important side-effects | 42 | 17.5 |
| Lifestyle changes | 34 | 14.1 |
| Suggestions for improvement of medication counselling (N = 90) | ||
| Provision of more time | 40 | 44.5 |
| Change of staff | 24 | 26.7 |
| Amount of information provided | 17 | 18.8 |
| Straight forward/easy language | 10 | 11.1 |
| Privacy | 10 | 11.1 |
| Provision of medication counselling by community pharmacists after discharge (N = 240) | ||
| Yes | 86 | 35.8 |
| No | 127 | 52.9 |
| Unsure | 26 | 10.8 |
| Provision of discharge medications from community pharmacists (N = 240) | ||
| Yes | 139 | 57.9 |
| No | 77 | 32.1 |
| Unsure | 24 | 10 |
| Preferred sources of information if patient encountered a problem with a medication post-discharge (N = 240) | ||
| GP | 80 | 33.34 |
| Community pharmacist | 61 | 25.42 |
| Patient information leaflet | 58 | 24.16 |
| Internet | 38 | 15.83 |
| Family and friends | 3 | 1.25 |