Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of study population in pre and post intervention surveys, Minya, 2012
| Characteristic | Pre-intervention | Post-intervention | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | |
| Adult patientsa (≥18 years old) | N = 113 | N = 277 | ||
| Age in years (mean ± SD) | 37.2 ± 16 | 36.0 ± 17 | ||
| Males | 42 | 37.2 | 111 | 40.1 |
| Education | ||||
| Illiterate | 50 | 44.2 | 169 | 61.0 |
| Primary education | 22 | 19.5 | 39 | 14.1 |
| Secondary | 30 | 26.5 | 54 | 19.5 |
| University | 11 | 9.7 | 15 | 5.4 |
| Pediatric patientsa (< 18 years old) | N = 218 | N = 330 | ||
| Age in years (mean ± SD) | 4.9 ± 4 | 4.4 ± 3 | ||
| Males | 109 | 50.0 | 188 | 57.0 |
| Education | ||||
| Illiterate (Parents) | 90 | 41.3 | 213 | 64.5 |
| Primary education | 48 | 22.0 | 39 | 11.8 |
| Secondary | 73 | 33.5 | 56 | 17.0 |
| University | 7 | 3.2 | 22 | 6.7 |
| Clinicians | N = 237 | N = 289 | ||
| Age in years (mean ± SD) | 41.2 ± 11 | 39.3 ± 11 | ||
| Males | 134 | 56.5 | 131 | 45.3 |
| Specialty | ||||
| General Practice/ Family medicine | 65 | 27.4 | 104 | 36.0 |
| Internal Medicine | 63 | 26.6 | 71 | 24.6 |
| Pediatrician | 59 | 24.9 | 71 | 24.6 |
| Chest | 21 | 8.9 | 14 | 4.8 |
| Tropical Medicine | 15 | 6.3 | 11 | 3.8 |
| ENT | 14 | 5.9 | 18 | 6.2 |
| Type of work facility | ||||
| Governmental health facility | 214 | 90.3 | 199 | 68.9 |
| Governmental + private health facility | 23 | 9.7 | 90 | 31.1 |
| Pharmacists | N = 483 | N = 596 | ||
| Type of Pharmacy | ||||
| Private | 345 | 71.4 | 397 | 66.6 |
| Hospital | 97 | 20.1 | 190 | 31.9 |
| Primary Health Unit | 41 | 8.5 | 9 | 1.5 |
| Respondent | ||||
| Pharmacist | 307 | 63.6 | 466 | 78.2 |
| Assistant | 176 | 36.4 | 130 | 21.8 |
| Age in years (mean ± SD) | 30.6 ± 10 | 29.7 ± 9 | ||
| Males | 272 | 56.3 | 296 | 49.7 |
| Mean No. of years of experience | 8.3 ± 9 | 7.0 ± 8 | ||
| Mean No. of customers/day | 79.5 ± 104 | 67.2 ± 85 | ||
aPatients with pneumonia excluded