Table 3.
Demographic and academic profile associations with different K, A, rP, and KArP categories.
| Characteristics | Subitem | Low Score |
% | Moderate Score | % | High Score | % | p-Value * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge (n = 310) | 46 | 14.8 | 180 | 58.1 | 84 | 27.1 | - | |
| Attitude (n = 310) | 75 | 24.2 | 149 | 48.1 | 86 | 27.7 | - | |
| Readiness to Practice (n = 306) | 34 | 11.0 | 194 | 62.6 | 78 | 25.2 | - | |
| Total KArP (n = 306) | 67 | 21.6 | 162 | 52.3 | 77 | 24.8 | - | |
| Association of demographics and academic profiles with knowledge categories | ||||||||
| Gender | Female | 34 | 19.5 | 83 | 47.7 | 57 | 32.8 | 0.000 |
| Male | 12 | 8.8 | 97 | 71.3 | 27 | 19.9 | ||
| Degree Major | Pharmacy | 6 | 6.7 | 31 | 34.8 | 52 | 58.4 | 0.000 |
| Medicine | 40 | 19.6 | 139 | 68.1 | 25 | 12.3 | ||
| Dental | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 56.3 | 7 | 43.8 | ||
| University | SUCP | 6 | 6.4 | 33 | 35.1 | 55 | 58.5 | 0.000 |
| NDC | 22 | 22.9 | 73 | 76.0 | 1 | 1.0 | ||
| QAMC | 18 | 22.0 | 58 | 70.7 | 6 | 7.3 | ||
| SKZMDC | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 42.1 | 22 | 59.9 | ||
| Academic Year | 2nd | 1 | 5.9 | 7 | 41.2 | 9 | 52.9 | 0.000 |
| 3rd | 1 | 2.1 | 25 | 53.2 | 21 | 44.7 | ||
| 4th | 14 | 11.0 | 76 | 59.8 | 37 | 29.1 | ||
| Final | 30 | 25.2 | 72 | 60.5 | 17 | 27.1 | ||
| Association of demographics and academic profiles with attitude categories | ||||||||
| Gender | Female | 39 | 22.4 | 85 | 48.9 | 50 | 28.7 | 0.701 |
| Male | 36 | 26.5 | 64 | 47.1 | 36 | 26.1 | ||
| Degree Major | Pharmacy | 21 | 23.6 | 28 | 31.5 | 40 | 44.9 | 0.000 |
| Medicine | 48 | 23.5 | 120 | 58.8 | 36 | 17.6 | ||
| Dental | 6 | 37.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 62.5 | ||
| University | SUCP | 23 | 24.5 | 32 | 34 | 39 | 41.5 | 0.002 |
| NDC | 23 | 24.0 | 57 | 59.4 | 16 | 16.7 | ||
| QAMC | 23 | 28.0 | 42 | 51.2 | 17 | 20.7 | ||
| SKZMDC | 6 | 15.8 | 18 | 47.4 | 14 | 36.8 | ||
| Academic Year | 2nd | 4 | 23.5 | 12 | 70.6 | 1 | 5.9 | 0.023 |
| 3rd | 7 | 14.9 | 23 | 48.9 | 17 | 36.2 | ||
| 4th | 25 | 19.7 | 17 | 52.8 | 35 | 27.6 | ||
| Final | 39 | 32.8 | 47 | 39.5 | 33 | 27.7 | ||
| Association of demographics and academic profiles with readiness to practice categories | ||||||||
| Gender | Female | 7 | 4.0 | 127 | 73.0 | 40 | 23.0 | 0.000 |
| Male | 27 | 20.5 | 67 | 50.8 | 38 | 28.8 | ||
| Degree Major | Pharmacy | 8 | 9.4 | 49 | 57.6 | 28 | 32.9 | 0.131 |
| Medicine | 23 | 11.3 | 138 | 67.6 | 43 | 21.1 | ||
| Dental | 3 | 18.8 | 6 | 37.5 | 7 | 43.8 | ||
| University | SUCP | 8 | 8.9 | 54 | 60.0 | 28 | 31.1 | 0.621 |
| NDC | 11 | 11.5 | 60 | 62.5 | 25 | 26.0 | ||
| QAMC | 12 | 14.6 | 54 | 65.9 | 16 | 19.5 | ||
| SKZMDC | 3 | 7.9 | 26 | 68.4 | 9 | 23.7 | ||
| Academic Year | 2nd | 3 | 17.6 | 14 | 82.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.044 |
| 3rd | 3 | 6.4 | 30 | 63.8 | 14 | 29.8 | ||
| 4th | 10 | 8.1 | 74 | 60.2 | 39 | 31.7 | ||
| Final | 18 | 15.1 | 76 | 63.9 | 25 | 21.0 | ||
| Association of demographics and academic profiles with KArP categories | ||||||||
| Gender | Female | 38 | 21.8 | 87 | 50,0 | 49 | 28.2 | 0.350 |
| Male | 29 | 22.0 | 75 | 56.8 | 28 | 21.2 | ||
| Degree Major | Pharmacy | 10 | 11.8 | 33 | 38.8 | 42 | 49.4 | 0.000 |
| Medicine | 51 | 25.0 | 128 | 62.7 | 25 | 12.3 | ||
| Dental | 6 | 37.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 62.5 | ||
| University | SUCP | 10 | 11.1 | 39 | 43.3 | 41 | 45.6 | 0.000 |
| NDC | 27 | 28.1 | 63 | 65.5 | 6 | 6.3 | ||
| QAMC | 24 | 29.3 | 49 | 59.8 | 9 | 11.0 | ||
| SKZMDC | 6 | 15.8 | 11 | 28.9 | 21 | 55.3 | ||
| Academic Year | 2nd | 4 | 23.5 | 10 | 58.8 | 3 | 17.6 | 0.005 |
| 3rd | 5 | 10.6 | 22 | 46.8 | 20 | 42.6 | ||
| 4th | 26 | 21.1 | 60 | 48.8 | 37 | 48.8 | ||
| Final | 32 | 26.9 | 70 | 58.8 | 17 | 14.3 | ||
Note: * Chi Square test; p-value in bold means it is significant