Abstract
Objective: After Health Transformation
Program, community pharmacies have started to provide pharmaceutical services
to all society under social security. Today, pharmacies are becoming an
important healthcare point of the community in terms of their accessibility, education
and knowledge of pharmacists and medication or health consultancy, rather than
a institution where only the prescription's content is prepared and presented.
In this process, it was aimed to evaluate the situation of the patients who
received the service by measuring their satisfaction with the pharmaceutical
services.
Material and Method: In study as a
measuring tool 'The Patient Satisfaction with Pharmacy Services Questionnaire'
(PSPSQ 2.0) was used which developed by Sakharkar (2015) et al. Turkish
validity study was conducted by Okuyan (2016) and friends. The scale was
applied to individuals living in the city center of Çorum. 445 people were
included in the sample. Frequency tests, hypothesis and multiple comparison
tests were used for data analysis.
Result and Discussion: According to the results obtained, the relationship between education
level of patients, continuity in the choice of pharmacy, quality of care,
communication and general satisfaction were determined. It should be taken into
consideration that good communication between patient and pharmacist will
positively affect customer / patient loyalty and consequently quality and
satisfaction will increase.