Table 1.
Response rate and study population per province.
| Province | Target Population (n = 403) | Excluded from Target Population (n = 149) | Study Population (n = 254) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Approval Response | Approval Denied | Could not be Reached for an Email Address | Declined Participation/no Pharmacist/no Email or Fax | Email Delivered | Non-Response | Responses Per province (%) | ||
| Eastern Cape | 90 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 59 | 41 | 18 (21.2%) |
| Free State | 34 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 (7.1%) |
| Gauteng | 36 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 8 (9.4%) |
| Kwa-Zulu Natal | 77 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 70 | 57 | 13 (15.3%) |
| Limpopo | 40 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 28 | 8 (9.4%) |
| Mpumalanga | 33 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 17 | 4 (4.7%) |
| Northern Cape | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 13 (15.3%) |
| North West | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 8 (9.4%) |
| Western Cape | 54 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 (8.2%) |
| Total number (%) | 403 | 46 (11.4%) | 11 (2.7%) | 81 (20.1%) | 11 (2.7%) | 254 | 169 (66.5%) | 85 (33.5%) |