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Those who met the criteria were invited to participate in the study. Consenting participants completed a survey designed based on international guidelines, utilizing validated tools to measure healthcare needs, quality of life, treatment burden, and medication self-efficacy. Generalized linear models were used to identify predictors of unmet needs.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Key findings<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Two hundred and twenty-four participants completed the survey (response rate = 81%). Participants indicated significant healthcare needs particularly in areas such as communication and relationships (M = 4.4 \u00b1 0.9) and medication information (M = 3.8 \u00b1 0.7). Higher education and medication self-efficacy were associated with lower needs for counselling (B = \u22120.966; P &amp;lt; .001 and B = \u2212113; P &amp;lt; .001, respectively) and communication (B = \u22120.547; P &amp;lt; .008 and B = \u22120.088; P = .003, respectively).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>This study demonstrated community pharmacists\u2019 potential to address multimorbidity. 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