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- Table 1.
Response rate to the questionnaire and proportion of HCPs using drug samples in the 33 FMTUs that had drug samples available, by university
UNIVERSITY NO. OF QUESTIONNAIRES DISTRIBUTED QUESTIONNAIRES COMPLETED, N (%)* DRUG SAMPLE USERS, N (%)† Laval University 430 368 (86) 217 (59) McGill University 187 104 (56) 62 (60) University of Montreal 407 294 (72) 224 (76) University of Sherbrooke 170 93 (55) 76 (82) Total 1194 859 (72) 579 (67) - Table 2.
Existence of written policies on drug samples in the FMTUs and HSSCs in Quebec and drug sample users’ knowledge of these policies, by university: Correct answers are in bold. Not all percentages add to 100 owing to rounding and not all respondents answered all questions.
UNIT WRITTEN POLICY* EXISTENCE OF A POLICY ACCORDING TO DISPENSERS IN FMTU, N (%) IN HSSC, N (%) IN FMTU IN HSSC YES NO DO NOT KNOW YES NO DO NOT KNOW Laval University • FMTU-1 Yes Yes 4 (21) 5 (26) 10 (53) 10 (53) 3 (16) 6 (32) • FMTU-2 Yes No 2 (17) 4 (33) 6 (50) 1 (8) 3 (23) 9 (69) • FMTU-3 No Yes 3 (19) 7 (44) 6 (38) 7 (44) 1 (6) 8 (50) • FMTU-4 No Yes 1 (4) 9 (36) 15 (60) 4 (16) 5 (20) 16 (64) • FMTU-5 Yes Yes 21 (64) 3 (9) 9 (27) 13 (39) 0 (0) 20 (61) • FMTU-6 Yes Yes 6 (27) 7 (32) 9 (41) 3 (14) 2 (9) 17 (77) • FMTU-7 No No 1 (5) 5 (26) 13 (68) 0 (0) 2 (11) 17 (89) • FMTU-8 No Yes 6 (38) 3 (19) 7 (44) 9 (56) 1 (6) 6 (38) • FMTU-9 No No 0 (0) 6 (50) 6 (50) 0 (0) 3 (25) 9 (75) • FMTU-10 No Yes 2 (6) 8 (26) 21 (68) 3 (10) 1 (3) 27 (87) • FMTU-11 Yes No 1 (50) 0 (0) 1 (50) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (100) • FMTU-12 No No 2 (22) 4 (44) 3 (33) 1 (11) 4 (44) 4 (44) • Total NA NA 49 (23) 61 (28) 106 (49) 51 (24) 25 (12) 141 (65) University of Montreal • FMTU-13† Yes Yes NA NA NA NA NA NA • FMTU-14† No No NA NA NA NA NA NA • FMTU-15 Yes Yes 1 (10) 5 (50) 4 (40) 3 (30) 0 (0) 7 (70) • FMTU-16 Yes Yes 4 (67) 0 (0) 2 (33) 2 (33) 0 (0) 4 (67) • FMTU-17 No Yes 1 (7) 4 (29) 9 (64) 3 (21) 1 (7) 10 (71) • FMTU-18 No No 0 (0) 13 (46) 15 (54) 0 (0) 8 (29) 20 (71) • FMTU-19 No Yes 1 (14) 4 (57) 2 (29) 4 (57) 0 (0) 3 (43) • FMTU-20 Yes Yes 4 (13) 7 (23) 19 (64) 1 (3) 1 (3) 28 (93) • FMTU-21 Yes No 1 (5) 12 (60) 7 (35) 0 (0) 3 (15) 17 (85) • FMTU-22 No Yes 0 (0) 8 (38) 13 (62) 0 (0) 3 (14) 18 (86) • FMTU-23 No Yes 2 (10) 9 (43) 10 (48) 0 (0) 1 (5) 20 (95) • FMTU-24† No No NA NA NA NA NA NA • FMTU-25 Yes No 5 (21) 5 (21) 14 (58) 3 (13) 2 (8) 19 (79) • FMTU-26 No Yes 2 (10) 10 (50) 8 (40) 3 (15) 2 (10) 15 (75) • FMTU-27 Yes Yes 4 (17) 7 (30) 12 (52) 5 (22) 1 (4) 17 (74) • FMTU-28† No No NA NA NA NA NA NA • Total NA NA 25 (11) 84 (38) 115 (51) 24 (11) 22 (10) 178 (80) • FMTU-30 Yes Yes 2 (13) 5 (33) 8 (53) 0 (0) 3 (20) 12 (80) • FMTU-31 No No 0 (0) 13 (48) 14 (52) 0 (0) 4 (15) 22 (85) • FMTU-32 No No 0 (0) 4 (40) 6 (60) 0 (0) 3 (30) 7 (70) • FMTU-33† No No NA NA NA NA NA NA • FMTU-34 No No 0 (0) 2 (100) 0 (0) 1 (50) 0 (0) 1 (50) • Total NA NA 2 (3) 27 (44) 32 (52) 1 (2) 10 (17) 49 (82) University of Sherbrooke • FMTU-35† No Yes NA NA NA NA NA NA • FMTU-36 No No 2 (12) 10 (59) 5 (29) 1 (6) 4 (24) 12 (71) • FMTU-37 No Yes 1 (6) 6 (33) 11 (61) 2 (11) 1 (6) 15 (83) • FMTU-38† No No NA NA NA NA NA NA • FMTU-39 No Yes 5 (31) 1 (6) 10 (63) 6 (38) 1 (6) 9 (56) • FMTU-40 No NA‡ 1 (4) 6 (24) 18 (72) 0 (0) 5 (24) 16 (76) • FMTU-41† No No NA NA NA NA NA NA • FMTU-42† No Yes NA NA NA NA NA NA • Total NA NA 9 (12) 23 (30) 44 (58) 9 (13) 11 (15) 52 (72) Overall total NA NA 85 (15) 195 (34) 297 (51) 85 (15) 68 (12) 420 (73) FMTU—family medicine teaching unit, HSSC—health and social services centre, NA—not applicable.
* Based on the survey of HSSCs, FMTU directors, and drug sample managers.
↵† Health care professionals in FMTUs with no drug samples available were not invited to complete the users’ questionnaire.
↵‡ There was no HSSC associated with this FMTU in New Brunswick, as HSSCs do not exist in this province.
- Table 3.
Existence and drug sample users’ knowledge of policies regarding relationships between the pharmaceutical industry and residents in the FMTUs in Quebec, by university: Correct answers concerning policies are in bold; residents reporting contact with pharmaceutical representatives in the FMTUs despite policies against it are in bold and italic; percentages do not equal 100 owing to rounding.
UNIT EXISTING POLICY ACCORDING TO FMTU DIRECTOR EXISTING POLICY ACCORDING TO USERS,* N = 579 CONTACT ALLOWED ACCORDING TO POLICY INTERACTION WITH PHARMACEUTICAL REPRESENTATIVES ACCORDING TO RESIDENTS, N = 182 YES, N (%) NO, N (%) DO NOT KNOW, N (%) YES, N (%) NO, N (%) Laval University • FMTU-1 No 0 (0) 10 (53) 9 (47) Yes 3 (75) 1 (25) • FMTU-2 No 2 (15) 6 (46) 5 (38) Yes 1 (33) 2 (67) • FMTU-3 No 4 (25) 4 (25) 8 (50) No 0 (0) 1 (100) • FMTU-4 No 2 (8) 6 (24) 17 (68) No 1 (8) 11 (93) • FMTU-5 No 2 (6) 9 (27) 22 (67) Yes 0 (0) 9 (100) • FMTU-6 No 1 (5) 12 (55) 9 (41) Yes 1 (17) 5 (83) • FMTU-7 No 3 (16) 7 (37) 9 (47) Yes 0 (0) 3 (100) • FMTU-8 No 3 (19) 3 (19) 10 (63) Yes 0 (0) 2 (100) • FMTU-9 No 0 (0) 3 (25) 9 (75) Yes 0 (0) 5 (100) • FMTU-10 No 4 (13) 6 (19) 21 (68) Yes 3 (27) 8 (73) • FMTU-12 No 2 (22) 3 (33) 4 (44) Yes NA† NA† • Total NA 24 (11) 69 (32) 124 (57) NA 9 (16) 47 (84) • FMTU-13‡ Yes NA NA NA Yes NA NA • FMTU-14‡ No NA NA NA No NA NA • FMTU-15 Yes 3 (30) 2 (20) 5 (50) Yes 2 (67) 1 (33) • FMTU-16 Yes 5 (83) 1 (17) 0 (0) Yes 0 (0) 2 (100) • FMTU-17 No 2 (14) 2 (14) 10 (71) Yes 2 (33) 4 (67) • FMTU-18 No 4 (14) 11 (39) 13 (46) Yes 12 (92) 1 (8) • FMTU-19 No 2 (29) 2 (29) 3 (43) No NA† NA† • FMTU-20 No 3 (10) 5 (17) 22 (73) No 1 (9) 10 (91) • FMTU-21 Yes 7 (35) 8 (40) 5 (25) No 1 (14) 6 (86) • FMTU-22 No 4 (19) 6 (29) 11 (52) No 0 (0) 6 (100) • FMTU-23 No 4 (19) 8 (38) 9 (43) No 0 (0) 8 (100) • FMTU-24‡ No NA NA NA Yes NA NA • FMTU-25 Yes 15 (63) 1 (4) 8 (33) No 1 (11) 8 (89) • FMTU-26 No 4 (20) 7 (35) 9 (45) No NA† NA† • FMTU-27 Yes 10 (43) 2 (9) 11 (48) Yes 8 (80) 2 (20) • FMTU-28‡ No NA NA NA No NA NA • Total NA 63 (28) 55 (25) 106 (47) NA 27 (36) 48 (64) McGill University • FMTU-29 No 0 (0) 1 (14) 6 (86) No 0 (0) 4 (100) • FMTU-30 No 3 (20) 4 (27) 8 (53) No 1 (9) 10 (91) • FMTU-31 No 0 (0) 11 (38) 18 (62) Yes 0 (0) 9 (100) • FMTU-32 No 3 (30) 1 (10) 6 (60) Yes 0 (0) 1 (100) • FMTU-33‡ Yes NA NA NA No NA NA • FMTU-34 Yes 1 (50) 0 (0) 1 (50) No 0 (0) 2 (100) • Total NA 7 (11) 17 (27) 39 (62) NA 1 (4) 26 (96) University of Sherbrooke • FMTU-35‡ No NA NA NA No NA NA • FMTU-36 No 3 (18) 6 (35) 8 (47) No 3 (75) 1 (25) • FMTU-37 No 8 (47) 3 (18) 6 (35) Yes 3 (75) 1 (25) • FMTU-38‡ No NA NA NA No NA NA • FMTU-39 No 4 (25) 2 (13) 10 (62) No 0 (0) 3 (100) • FMTU-40 Yes 2 (8) 6 (24) 17 (68) Yes 1 (8) 12 (92) • FMTU-41‡ No NA NA NA Yes NA NA • FMTU-42‡ Yes NA NA NA Yes NA NA • Total NA 17 (23) 17 (23) 41 (55) NA 7 (29) 17 (71) Overall total NA 111 (19) 158 (27) 310 (54) NA 44 (24) 138 (76) - Table 4.
Opinion of HCPs about hypothetical implementation of policies by family medicine departments regarding the use and management of drug samples, and the relationships between the pharmaceutical industry and residents: N = 859.
OPINION HYPOTHETICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF A POLICY BY THE FAMILY MEDICINE DEPARTMENTS REGARDING … USE AND MANAGEMENT OF DRUG SAMPLES, N (%) RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY AND RESIDENTS, N (%) Very favourable 287 (34) 292 (36) Favourable 347 (41) 303 (37) Neither favourable nor unfavourable 158 (19) 161 (20) Unfavourable 51 (6) 47 (6) Very unfavourable 9 (1) 19 (2) Total 852* (100) 822† (100)
