Table 1.
Characteristics of study participants.
Characteristics | Pharmacists | Final Year Pharmacy | |
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N = 86 (66%) | N = 45 (34%) | ||
Gender | |||
Male | 46 (53%) | 28 (62%) | Fischer’s Exact = 0.5 |
Female | 37 (43%) | 16 (36%) | p-value = 0.2 |
Missing Values* | 3 (4%) | 1 (2%) | |
Age (years) | Mean = 30.5 years | ||
Median = 30.0 years | |||
<30 years | 14 (16%) | 39 (86%) | Fischer’s Exact ≤0.0005 |
≥30 years | 56 (65%) | 1 (2.0%) | p-value ≤0.0005 |
Missing Values* | 16 (19%) | 5 (11%) | |
Practice Setting | Fischer’s Exact ≤0.0005 p-value ≤0.0005 |
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Retail | 52 (60%) | 0 (0%) | |
Hospital | 18 (22%) | 1 (2%) | |
Academia | 10 (12%) | 42 (94%) | |
Industry | 2 (2%) | 1 (2%) | |
Regulatory | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | |
Missing Values* | 3 (3%) | 1 (2%) | |
Years of Pharmacy Practice | - | Mean = 7.8 years s.d = 6.1 years |
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1–5 years | 39 (45%) | ||
6–10 years | 32 (37%) | ||
11–15 years | 7 (8%) | ||
16–20 years | 3 (4%) | ||
21–25 years | 2 (2%) | ||
26–30 years | 3 (4%) | ||
Highest Education | Fischer’s Exact ≤0.0005 p-value ≤0.0005 |
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Bachelor’s degree | 67 (78%) | 2 (4%) | |
Master’s Degree | 16 (19%) | 0 (0%) | |
PhD/D. Phil | 3 (3%) | 0 (0%) | |
High School | 0 (0%) | 42 (94%) | |
Missing Values* | 1 (2%) |
Missing Values*: Denote number of participants who did not answerr certain questions. Missing values were not included in final analysis.