Pharmacists' knowledge in the area of alcohol, and alcohol and drug interactions∗

Abstract

Pharmacists from 6 urban centres across Canada were interviewed to determine their knowledge about alcohol and alcohol and drug interactions. Pharmacists generally performed quite poorly. Pharmacists who were more knowledgeable were also more professional in other areas of pharmacy practice. Multivariate data analysis utilizing four predictors: age, sex, work region, and work setting to predict alcohol and alcohol and drug interaction knowledge accounted for 30.7% of the variance in knowledge scores with three of the predictors, age, work region, and work setting making a significant contribution in the prediction of knowledge.