Patients’ perception of role of pharmacists in health promotion

Abstract Background Perceptions of patients is very important for accepting new role pharmacists play. The objective of this work was to study opinion of patients about role of community pharmacists in health promotion in Armenia. Methods Visitors (N = 2066) of community pharmacies in Yerevan were interviewed according to previously designed questionnaire. Results Some respondents suppose that pharmacists already provide advices on diet and physical activity for preventing obesity (32.1%), advices on healthy lifestyle for preventing cardiovascular diseases and cancer (30.9%), in promoting healthy lifestyle for preventing chronic diseases (27.5%). The number of patients who thinks that pharmacists are involved in providing advices on smoking cessation (38.1%) is significantly higher than the number of those who believe that pharmacists participate in campaigns on smoking cessation (27.1%) (p