Pietrusiewicz, Malgorzata
Kopa-Stojak, Paulina Natalia
Pawliczak, Rafal
Article History
Received: 24 March 2021
Accepted: 11 October 2021
First Online: 30 October 2021
Declarations
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: The study was performed in accordance with Article 2(c) of The Directive 2001/20/EC of the European Parliament and the Council, specifying the terms of a non-investigational trial as a research, where the medical products are used, recommended or dispensed (for authorized indication) by certified personnel and the results are collected in observational manner and then analyzed by epidemiological methods. Therefore, bioethical committee approval of Medical University of Lodz was not required for the study. This study was conducted based on a self-developed questionnaire, filled by the pharmacist after a pharmacy counselling resulting in dispensing an OTC medication utilized in common cold treatment. In case of survey research, it includes minimal risk and the research involves no procedures for which written consent is required, completion of the questionnaire will be accepted as evidence of consent to participate. Therefore, this study meets the requirements for waivers of signed informed consent. All the methods were performed in accordance with ethical and scientific requirements necessary for designing, conducting and collecting and analyzing of the research data.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.