Drug Information Availability and Preferences of Health Care Professionals in Illinois: A Pilot Survey Study
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Drug Information Availability and Preferences of Health Care Professionals in Illinois: A Pilot Survey Study
Jacob P. Gettig, PharmD,
Bcps Assistant Professor, Department of Pharnracy Practice. Midwestern University Chicago College O f P h a r m q , Downers Grove, Illinois
Key Words Pharmacists;
Nurses; Physicians; Survey; Information resources; References Correspondence Address lacob P. Gettig, PharmD, BCPS, 555 31st Street, Downers Grove. IL 60515 (email: [email protected]).
Putpose: The primary objd-ve of the stu@ ly~s to determine diflmces in drug infnmation dabiZity and pnfacnces among pharmacists, nurses, and physicians in fllinois. Metkods: A survey was maiked to a mndom sample of lclinois phannncists, nurses, and physicians. The su)-ycy listed 25 common drug infmtdun rcs~urccpand asked respondents to indicate famiZim*ty with, accw to, and prc;faarccfardl rcsourcc.DmroflPhicinf O t ‘ ? t d O t l WQP &O dded. &SUltS: of 1,900 d d i d e surveys, there were 283 re-
I N T R O D U CTI 0 N Health care professionals working in any setting consult drug information resources (1,2). Information from such resources can enhance one’s ability to ensure safe and effective pharmacotherapy for patients. Availability of quality drug information resources is therefore vital to optimal patient care. The primary factor determining choice of drug information resources is personal preference (3,4). Although no previous research has described the difference in such preferences among pharmacists, nurses, and physicians, a recent report compared preferences for five popular drug databases among pharmacy students, pharmacy faculty, and librarians (5). Pharmacy students and faculty used conciseness and ease of use as main deciding factors, while librarians used breadth of information and use of primary literature citations as main deciding factors. In another study, the attitudes of physicians toward a particular resource were affected by the perceived usefulness of the resource (6,7).Additionally, choice of drug information resources may be dictated by one’s place of employment, which may only provide access
sponses, which included 106 pharmacists, 81 nurses, and 96 physicians for a response mte of 33%. StatisticaZ diflmces among the three p p s regarding availabiZi& preference, and famiziarity of drug infnmation resoul%eswere detected in 20/25,23/25, and 22/25 of the resources, respectiv@. Conclusions: Pharmacists appear more famiZiar with and have wider access to drug information resou~c4s than nurses and physicians. Heath care pmfessionaZs have varied preferences for drug information resources.
to a limited variety of useful resources. To date, no published literature exists that compares the availability of, preference for, and familiarity with a wide variety of drug information resources in pharmacists, nurses, and physicians in the same geographic location. The primary objective of this study was to determine differences in drug information availability and preferences among pharmacists, nurses, and physicians
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