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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 2.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2014 Jul-Aug;54(4):397–405. doi: 10.1331/JAPhA.2014.13177

Table 3. Logistic regression model for pharmacists supporting the legislation to make PSE available by prescription only (n = 342).

Odds ratio (95% CI) Pvalue
Practice site
 Independent pharmacists
 Chain pharmacists 2.90 (1.27–6.60) 0.011
Anticipated impact on time spent on PSE activities
 Increase in time
 No change in time 5.09 (1.77–14.65) 0.003
 Decrease in time 10.57 (4.42–25.30) <0.001
Anticipated impact on pharmacy profits
 Reduced profits
 Increased profits 9.45 (1.80–49.5) 0.008
 Neutral financial impact 4.53 (1.64–12.45) 0.003
 Uncertain 3.78 (1.27–11.26) 0.017
Regions
 Region 1
 Region 2 4.57 (1.34–15.59) 0.015
 Region 3 1.89 (0.66–5.44) 0.235
 Region 4 8.17 (1.71–39.03) 0.008
 Region 5 4.04 (1.19–13.79) 0.025
 Region 6 7.99 (2.34–27.30) 0.001
Perceived efficacy of reducing methamphetamine abuse
 Not effective
 Somewhat ineffective 1.52 (0.26–9.02) 0.646
 Somewhat effective 8.22 (1.94–34.93) 0.004
 Very effective 34.05 (5.89–196.97) <0.001
Perceived efficacy of reducing methamphetamine lab incidents
 Not effective
 Somewhat ineffective 2.26 (0.38–13.55) 0.372
 Somewhat effective 2.56 (0.70–9.32) 0.155
 Very effective 8.47 (1.68–42.60) 0.010
 No opinion 4.92 (0.56–43.54) 0.152
Confidence in identifying patients using PSE for a legitimate purpose
 Extremely confident
 Somewhat confident 0.67 (0.30–1.54) 0.349
 Not confident 0.81 (0.14–4.58) 0.810
 Not applicable 0.81 (0.05–13.54) 0.883
Grams of PSE sold per county resident 0.51 (0.13–1.99) 0.336

Abbreviation used: PSE, pseudoephedrine.