Investigation and analysis of the needs of community pharmaceutical care in Wenzhou city / 中国现代医生

ABSTRACT

Objective To survey the current status of community pharmacy care, analyze the needs of both community residents and medical staff for community pharmacy care, and provide references for improving the quality of communi-ty pharmacy care and policy making. Methods The form of questionnaire was taken for community residents and com-munity pharmacists from community health service centers, a random survey was conducted to collect information for statistical analysis. Results Sixty-six point eight percent of community residents selected community health service center as the main choice for obtaining drugs. The residents' home-stored drugs were mainly for cold/fever, abdominal pain/diarrhea, common chronic diseases, external wounds treating and antibacterial. Only 16.8%of community residents stored the drugs according to instructions, 70.6% would use antibacterial drug by themselves under various circum-stances, 82.8% thought there were errors in drug usage, over 98.0% of community pharmacists recognized the impor-tance of pharmaceutical care and the needs for further development. 89.1% of them were eager to improve their own capability of serving and have the needs of collaboration with large hospitals. Conclusion Improper drug usage and storage are common among community residents. Their expectations for pharmaceutical service are increasing. And community pharmacists expected to improve their own pharmacy service capability.