@article{DIMASSI_MAKHOUL_KHABSA_SAADEH_SALEH_2020, title={TRUSTING THE PHARMACIST IN DELIVERING MEDICATION INFORMATION: A COMMUNITY-BASED PERSPECTIVE}, volume={12}, url={https://journals.innovareacademics.in/index.php/ijpps/article/view/35960}, DOI={10.22159/ijpps.2020v12i2.35960}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Optimal disease management is influenced by a solid patient-health provider relationship; which includes trust in the provider. The study compares respondents’ trust in pharmacists and physicians for the delivery of drug information.</p> <p><strong>Methods: </strong>Residents of 3 rural communities in Lebanon, aged 40 and above, were invited to participate in the study, 760 accepted. Participants were asked who they trust the most with information about their medication: their physician or their pharmacist.</p> <p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the total sample, 154 chose the pharmacist as their most trusted source of medication information (20%). Characteristics associated with choosing the pharmacist were: being a male (29.3% vs 16.2% <em>p</em><.001), of younger age (31.5% among<50 y, 18.8% among 50-64 y, and 14.6% among 65+years <em>p</em><.001), single (31.6% vs 21.9% married and 9.3 others, <em>p</em>=0.023), working (39.2% vs15.7% <em>p</em><.001), and insured (2.3% vs 16.4% <em>p</em>=0.048). The multivariate logistic regression model revealed that having a family member with hypertension (OR=1.86 95% 1.23-2.82), or cardiovascular (OR=3.39 95%CI 1.55-7.45) increased the likelihood of trusting pharmacists over medical doctor. On the other hand, a self-report of cardiovascular disease (OR=0.34 95% CI 0.12-0.95) and taking medication (OR=0.41 95% CI 0.25-0.67) were associated with a decrease in the trust in the pharmacist in favor of the physician.</p> <p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Although pharmacists are the drug specialists, the majority of the Lebanese rural community residents reported higher trust in their physicians with information about their medication(s).</p>}, number={2}, journal={International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences}, author={DIMASSI, HANI and MAKHOUL, MAGGY and KHABSA, JOANNE and SAADEH, MARGUERITA and SALEH, SHADI}, year={2020}, month={Feb.}, pages={26–31} }