Table 5.
Factors influencing choice of pharmacy.
| Questionnaire's items | Respondents' responsesa |
P valueb |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA n (%) | A n (%) | D n (%) | SD n (%) | Age | Gender | Education | Occupation | |
| Availability of pharmacist | 131 (43.5) | 139 (46.2) | 31 (10.3) | 0 (0) | 0.262 | 0.217 | 0.046 | 0.076 |
| Location (nearer to house) | 115 (38.2) | 172 (57.1) | 14 (4.7) | 0 (0) | 0.485 | 0.289 | 0.063 | 0.159 |
| How well the pharmacist knows you and your history (personal relationship). | 70 (23.3) | 142 (47.2) | 89 (29.6) | 0 (0) | 0.079 | 0.107 | 0.012 | 0.151 |
| The expertise of the pharmacist. | 124 (41.2) | 146 (48.5) | 31 (10.3) | 0 (0) | 0.036 | 0.132 | 0.376 | 0.028 |
| Discount. | 61 (20.3) | 240 (79.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.165 | 0.362 | 0.080 | 0.462 |
| Counselling by trained pharmacists | 40 (13.3) | 213 (70.8) | 48 (15.9) | 0 (0) | 0.337 | 0.197 | 0.077 | 0.218 |
| Inform me about related side effects/where pharmacist listens to me and answer my questions efficiently | 27 (9) | 149 (49.5) | 125 (41.5) | 0 (0) | 0.156 | 0.115 | 0.282 | 0.030 |
a
SA = Strongly Agree, A = Agree, D = Disagree, SD = Strongly Disagree.
b
Chi-square value.