Sample size | Total N=3196; Austria=698; Belgium=289; England=318; France=133; Germany=303; Hungary=322; The Netherlands=91; Poland=571; Portugal=53; Switzerland=418; doctors=855; pharmacists=1294; nurses=1047 | |||||||
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Age (mean and SD) | 44.77 (10.96) | |||||||
Gender | Male=1102; female=2069 | |||||||
Years since qualifying (frequency distribution) | Less than 1 year N=86 | 1–5 years N=354 | 6–10 years N=374 | 11–15 years N=439 | Over 15 years N=1935 | |||
Type of healthcare setting (frequency distribution) | Community hospital N=385 | Family medication/general practice N=820 | Specialist community service N=104 | Care/nursing home N=155 | Community pharmacy/dispensary N=1175 | Community nursing team N=154 | Polyclinic N=45 | Other N=308 |
Type of healthcare organisation (frequency distribution) | Privately funded N=1127 | State funded N=1050 | Insurance/sick fund funded N=531 | Mixed funded N=44 | Other funding N=302 | |||
Length of time spent talking to patients about their use of medications (frequency distribution) | No time at all N=34 | Less than 1 min N=158 | 1–5 min N=1715 | 6–10 min N=801 | 11–15 min N=226 | More than 15 min N=199 | ||
Pre-registration training in medication adherence management and support (frequency distribution) | Yes N=296 | No N=1780 | ||||||
Post-registration training in medication adherence management and support (frequency distribution) | Yes N=684 | No N=1392 | ||||||
Any training in medication adherence management and support (frequency distribution) | Yes N=803 | No N=1268 | ||||||
Use of practitioner guidelines to assist with management of patient adherence to medication (frequency distribution) | Yes N=468 | No N=1586 |