Assessment of Patients’ Views on Drug Benefits and Risks: An Interview Study with Cardiovascular Patients

Table 4

Sources of information: number of patients who use and request certain sources of information about benefits and risks concerning their drug therapy (n_total = 102 patients). Multiple categories were possible.

	Patients’ answers regarding drug benefits n (n (%); 95%–CI)	Patients’ answers regarding drug risks n (n (%); 95%–CI)
Where did you get the information from?
Healthcare professionals	95 (93%; 88–98%)	48 (47%; 37–57%)
Physician	94 (92%; 87–97%)	46 (45%; 35–55%)
Pharmaceutical staff	28 (27%; 18–36%)	14 (14%; 7–21%)
Nurses	9 (9%; 3–15%)	3 (3%; 0–6%)
Patient information leaflet (PIL)	27 (26%; 17–35%)	37 (36%; 27–45%)
Laymen (-media)	40 (39%; 30–48%)	41 (40%; 30–50%)
Relatives/friends/acquaintances	15 (15%; 8–22%)	30 (29%; 20–38%)
Internet	19 (19%; 11–27%)	14 (14%; 7–21%)
Magazines	10 (10%; 4–16%)	12 (12%; 6–18%)
Television	5 (5%; 1–9%)	9 (10%; 3–15%)
Would you like to get more information about your medicines?
Yes (total)	43 (42%;32–52%)	28 (27%; 18–36%)
No (total)	56 (55%;45–65%)	72 (71%; 62–80%)
Not specified	2 (2%; 0–5%)	1 (1%; 0–3%)
No matter	1 (1%; 0–3%)	1 (1%; 0–3%)
Who would you like to be informed by?
Physician	40 (39%; 30–48%)	25 (25%; 17–33%)
Pharmaceutical staff	35 (34%; 25–43%)	19 (19%; 11–26%)
Nurses	19 (19%; 11–27%)	14 (14%; 7–21%)
Others	6 (6%; 1–11%)	9 (9%; 3–15%)