Table 2.
Attitude towards research participation
| aoverall score | bPREP | cNPREP | z value | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median (IQR)d | Median (IQR)d | Median (IQR)d | |||
| I enjoy reading pharmacy practice research studies in the literature. | 4 (3, 4) | 4 (4, 5) | 4 (3, 4) | −2.040 | 0.041f |
| I would enjoy working on a pharmacy practice research project. | 4 (4, 5) | 4 (4, 5) | 4 (4, 5) | −0.966 | 0.334 |
| I am confident in my ability to understand research and research terminology related to pharmacy practice. | 4 (4, 5) | 4 (4, 5) | 4 (3–5) | −1.747 | 0.081 |
| I am confident in my ability to design a pharmacy practice research project. | 4 (3, 4) | 4 (4, 5) | 4 (3, 4) | −3.407 | 0.001e |
| I am confident in my ability to evaluate research findings in terms of their application to pharmacy practice. | 4 (3, 4) | 4 (3, 4) | 4 (3, 4) | −2.583 | 0.01d |
| Pharmacy practice research is important in identifying and investigating problems in pharmacy. | 5 (4, 5) | 5 (4, 5) | 4 (4, 5) | −0.490 | 0.624 |
| Pharmacy practice research is important to pharmacy decision-making. | 5 (4, 5) | 5 (4, 5) | 4 (4, 5) | −0.498 | 0.619 |
aAttitude was measured on a scale of 1–5 where 1 was ‘strongly disagree’ and 5 was ‘strongly agree’
b PREP Previous Research Experience Pharmacists
c NPREP Non Previous Research Experience Pharmacists
f P value < 0.05
e P value < 0.01
d IQR Inter quartile range