Thai Physicians’ Perceptions of Sources of Information About New Drugs in Terms of Amounts of Information and Trustworthiness
Objective: To determine Thai physicians’ opinions of sources of information about new drugs regarding amounts of information and the trustworthiness of the sources. Methods: Questionnaires developed by the research team were sent to physicians working at each regional/general hospital (92 totals) o...
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doaj-1a3fd442c2ba477e978c1f9b88c11ee72021-08-13T09:56:41ZengMahidol UniversitySiriraj Medical Journal2228-80822009-01-01611Thai Physicians’ Perceptions of Sources of Information About New Drugs in Terms of Amounts of Information and TrustworthinessSummana Moolasarn0Chalongchai Bootchan1Piya Polkraisorn2Rungnapa Kongwong3Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ubon Ratchathani Universitydents of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ubon Ratchathani University (during the study period), Ubon Ratchathani UniversityStudents of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ubon Ratchathani University (during the study period), Ubon Ratchathani UniversityStudents of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ubon Ratchathani University (during the study period), Ubon Ratchathani University Objective: To determine Thai physicians’ opinions of sources of information about new drugs regarding amounts of information and the trustworthiness of the sources. Methods: Questionnaires developed by the research team were sent to physicians working at each regional/general hospital (92 totals) of the Ministry of Public Health in Thailand asking them to indicate the amount of information about new drugs from different sources and the trustworthiness of the sources. Multiple regression analysis was used to determine variables that related to the trustworthiness of information sources. Results: One hundred and thirty (28.26%) of 460 questionnaires were returned. These indicated that in terms of amounts of new information, Thai physicians received most from academic conferences, followed by medical journals, and medical representatives respectively. Information from conferences was considered to be most trustworthy followed by information from medical schools and experts. In contrast, information from medical representatives, direct mail advertisements, and hospital pharmacists had low trustworthiness. After controlling for the variables of gender, education, and type of hospital, multiple regression analysis found that the only significant factor was the relationship between age and trustworthiness of information from the source of medical journals (standardized β = 0.199, p = 0.039). There was no factor that significantly related to trustworthiness of information from other sources. Conclusion: Thai physicians received information about new drugs from both commercial and professional sources but trusted information from the latter more. This was considered appropriate as studies had found that information from commercial sources was sometimes inaccurate, incomplete and misleading https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/sirirajmedj/article/view/246525information sourcesnew drugsphysicianstrustworthiness |
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Summana Moolasarn Chalongchai Bootchan Piya Polkraisorn Rungnapa Kongwong Thai Physicians’ Perceptions of Sources of Information About New Drugs in Terms of Amounts of Information and Trustworthiness Siriraj Medical Journal information sources new drugs physicians trustworthiness |
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Thai Physicians’ Perceptions of Sources of Information About New Drugs in Terms of Amounts of Information and Trustworthiness |
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Thai Physicians’ Perceptions of Sources of Information About New Drugs in Terms of Amounts of Information and Trustworthiness |
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Thai Physicians’ Perceptions of Sources of Information About New Drugs in Terms of Amounts of Information and Trustworthiness |
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Thai Physicians’ Perceptions of Sources of Information About New Drugs in Terms of Amounts of Information and Trustworthiness |
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Thai Physicians’ Perceptions of Sources of Information About New Drugs in Terms of Amounts of Information and Trustworthiness |
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thai physicians’ perceptions of sources of information about new drugs in terms of amounts of information and trustworthiness |
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Siriraj Medical Journal |
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Objective: To determine Thai physicians’ opinions of sources of information about new drugs regarding amounts of
information and the trustworthiness of the sources.
Methods: Questionnaires developed by the research team were sent to physicians working at each regional/general hospital
(92 totals) of the Ministry of Public Health in Thailand asking them to indicate the amount of information about new drugs
from different sources and the trustworthiness of the sources. Multiple regression analysis was used to determine variables
that related to the trustworthiness of information sources.
Results: One hundred and thirty (28.26%) of 460 questionnaires were returned. These indicated that in terms of amounts of
new information, Thai physicians received most from academic conferences, followed by medical journals, and medical
representatives respectively. Information from conferences was considered to be most trustworthy followed by information
from medical schools and experts. In contrast, information from medical representatives, direct mail advertisements, and
hospital pharmacists had low trustworthiness. After controlling for the variables of gender, education, and type of hospital,
multiple regression analysis found that the only significant factor was the relationship between age and trustworthiness of
information from the source of medical journals (standardized β = 0.199, p = 0.039). There was no factor that significantly
related to trustworthiness of information from other sources.
Conclusion: Thai physicians received information about new drugs from both commercial and professional sources but
trusted information from the latter more. This was considered appropriate as studies had found that information from
commercial sources was sometimes inaccurate, incomplete and misleading
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