Role of Community Pharmacist in Asthma Management: Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice.

Purpose: To investigate knowledge, attitude, and practice of asthma management counseling and the perceived barriers by community pharmacists.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 416 community pharmacists using an online-based questionnaire. The questionnaire included five parts that assessed socio-demographics and medical references used to seek drug-related information, pharmacists' knowledge (7 items), attitudes (5 items), practice (22 items) and the barriers for the provision of asthma management counseling (10 items).