Table 4

Reasons for AMS clients not seeking treatment or advice from a community pharmacist when suffering from health problems identified in Table 2 (N = 208)


N
%

Cannot afford it
88
42.1
Prefer to wait until the problem gets better
77
36.8
Believing pharmacist lacks understanding about client health problems
38
18.2
Not private enough
32
15.3
Concerns about confidentiality
26
12.4
Prefer to seek treatment and advice from someone else
25
12.0
Time consuming
13
6.2
Have medicine at home
9
4.3

(NB respondents could tick up to three from a list. Those ticking more than three were excluded from this analysis).

(Data missing on 1 case)

Sheridan et al. Harm Reduction Journal 2005 2:25   doi:10.1186/1477-7517-2-25

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