Portugal has a high prevalence of anxiety and depression, and community pharmacists are well-placed to identify mental health problems and monitor their treatment. This study aimed to screen undiagnosed people for symptoms of anxiety and depression and to monitor these conditions in diagnosed patients. We conducted an observational, cross-sectional study of a sample of community pharmacy users.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe objectives of this study are to report the contribution of pharmacists to smoking cessation and study the determinants of smoking cessation success in eight pharmacies in Portugal (south) between 2009 and 2019. A real-life study was conducted with a sample of smokers who participated in pharmacist consultations. The sample included 135 smokers (average age of 47.
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