Objective: Analysing the evidence regarding the validity and reliability of a patient-satisfaction questionnaire about professional advice received for minor illness in Argentinean community pharmacies.
Methods: This was a descriptive, cross-sectional study. All patients or their caregivers who visited the pharmacies during the study period (March and April, 2006) and knew how to read and write were included.
Objectives: The aim of this study is to determine the influence that different risk factors (age, gender, obesity, smoking, inactivity, diabetes mellitus and previous diagnosis of arterial hypertension) have on arterial pressure, and to determine the prevalence of patients that have high blood pressure and hypertension but have not received drug-treatment for arterial hypertension.
Setting: 42 Spanish community pharmacies.
Method: Observational and descriptive study.
Objective: To analyze the validity and reliability of a patient satisfaction questionnaire about drug dispensing in Argentine community pharmacies.
Design: Descriptive, cross-sectional study.
Setting: Community pharmacies of Argentina that voluntarily agreed to take part in the study.
Objective: To develop and validate a specific questionnaire about patient satisfaction with drug dispensing at Spanish community pharmacies.
Method: A self-administered semi-structured questionnaire was designed centered on the perception of the patients with the dispensing service. To validate this questionnaire, it was administered at Spanish community pharmacies, which voluntarily agreed to participate in the study for a period of 2 months (March and April 2006).