Table 5.

Association between pharmacists’ perceived risk of COVID19 and role of media by sociodemographic characteristics, COVID19-related basic knowledge.

Variable	Groups	Perceived Risk		Perceived Media Role
		Mean (SD)	P value	Mean (SD)	P value
Gender	Male (n = 104)	2.41 (.30		3.94 (.67)	<0.05
	Female (n = 382)	2.39 (.29)		4.2 (.57)
Age group	Up to 25 (n = 179)	2.41 (.29)		4.06 (.58)
	26-30 (n = 143)	2.38 (.29)		4.08 (.59)
	31-35 (n = 67)	2.35 (.29)		4.01 (.67)
	Above 35 (n = 97)	2.44 (.28)		4.12 (.56)
Area of Living	City (n = 392)	2.41 (.29)	<0.05	4.08 (.56)
	Rural (n = 96)	2.34 (.31)		4.00 (.69)
Work setting	Hospital Pharmacy (n = 183)	2.47 (.29)	<0.05	4.19 (.59)	<0.05
	Community Pharmacy (n = 181)	2.36 (.30)		3.98 (.61)
	Part-Time (n = 122)	2.35 (.35)		4.01 (.58)
Level of education	Diplomate in Pharmacy (n = 52)	2.46 (.29)		4.13 (.54)
	Bachelor of Pharmacy (n = 253)	2.39 (.31)		4.08 (.55)
	PharmD (n = 106)	2.41 (.27)		4.03 (.64)
	Master's Degree in Pharmacy (n = 75)	2.35 (.30)		4.04 (.69)
Frequency of watching media	Daily (n = 165)	2.29 (.37)	<0.05	4.15 (.59)	<0.05
	Weekly (n = 264)	2.45 (.27)		4.05 (.56)
	Monthly (n = 57)	2.36 (.31)		3.91 (.61)
Sources of information	Local and International Channels (n = 123)	2.39 (.32)	<0.05	4.06 (.62)	<0.05
	Social Media (n = 283)	2.38 (.29)		4.05 (.55)7
	WHO Website (n = 28)	2.58 (.29)		4.32 (.55)
	Scientific Journals (n = 16)	2.29 (.24)		3.70 (.75)
	Others (e.g., Workplace and Colleagues, and Ministry of Health (MOH) Website) (n = 36)	2.45 (.32)		4.12 (.55)
Years of Experience	Less than 5 years (n = 242)	2.41 (.32)		4.06 (.55)
	5–10 years (n = 79)	2.36 (.31)		4.11 (.61)
	More than 10 years (n = 165)	2.40 (.28)		4.07 (.62)
Having children	No (n = 298)	2.36 (.30)	<0.05	4.06 (.59)
	Yes (n = 188)	2.45 (.29)		4.06 (.59)

^aSignificant value (p < 0.05).