Table 7.

Basic characteristic distribution of the pharmacists

Variable	Frequency (%)
Mean Age in years (SD)	34 ± 7.5
Does this pharmacy valid registration	Yes (41.26%)
	No (58.74%)
Do you take history systematically before recommending medicine?	Yes (3.17%)
	No (96.83%)
Do you provide the patients necessary information regarding possible side effect of the drugs every time?	Yes (4.76%)
	No (95.24%)
Did you ever had any training on pharmacy maintenance from any govt. or NGO based organization?	Yes (38.09%)
	No (61.90%)
Did you ever participated in any health education program organized by any govt. or NGO based organization?	Yes (7.93%)
	No (92.06%)
Did you ever receive any punishment for irrational drug selling?	Yes (0%)
	No (100%)
Professional qualification
Basic training in pharmacy	23 Responses (36.50%)
Diploma in pharmacy	5 Responses (9.93%)
Bachelor of pharmacy	1 Response (1.58%)
No education on pharmacy	34 Responses (53.96%)
Mean year of schooling (SD)	10.9 ± 1.85
Mean work experience (SD)	10.53 ± 4.97
Source of current drug knowledge
On the job experience	8 Responses (12.70%)
Medical representatives	6 Responses (9.52%)
Doctor	1 Response (1.58%)
Distributors	4 Responses (6.34%)
Combined	44 Responses (69.84%)
Mean opening hours of pharmacy	13.58 ± 4.72