title: Patients' intentions to seek medication information from pharmacists.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether perceived medication use knowledge held and/or needed influenced intention to seek information from pharmacists, whether an information-intention relationship held after accounting for other variables, and whether asking medication use knowledge questions increased pharmacist information-seeking intention.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study. SETTING United States during July 2012.
  
  
  METHODS
  Qualtrics national panel members 21 years or older obtaining a new chronic medication within previous 30 days.
  
  
  METHODS
  Internet-administered survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  Medication information-seeking intention, medication knowledge held and needed, and pharmacist medication information-seeking intention.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Although knowledge held and needed were initially significant, they became nonsignificant after adding affective and evaluative attitudes, perceived control, and risk. The final best-fitting model explained 21% of variance in pharmacist information-seeking intention. Patient intentions to seek information from pharmacists increased significantly after being asked medication use knowledge questions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Perceptions of medication risk, attitudes, and information-seeking control predict pharmacist information-seeking intention and offer pharmacists an opportunity to market information services.
authors.forename: Sally A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Huston
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D057226:Information Seeking Behavior; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D010593:Pharmaceutical Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010595:Pharmacists / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States