Table 2.
Sociodemographic and other characteristics of the participants
| Variables | N (%) |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 294 (42) |
| Female | 406 (58) |
| Educational level | |
| BS Pharmacy | 406 (57.9) |
| Pharm. D. | 183 (26.1) |
| Masters | 96 (13.7) |
| PhD | 16 (2.3) |
| District | |
| Beirut | 105 (15.2) |
| Mount Lebanon | 364 (52.8) |
| North Lebanon | 19 (2.8) |
| South Lebanon | 123 (17.9) |
| Bekaa | 78 (11.3) |
| Demographic area | |
| Poor | 45 (6.6) |
| Middle | 282 (41.3) |
| Rich | 38 (5.6) |
| Mixed | 317 (46.5) |
| Daily number of patients | |
| <10 | 35 (4.9) |
| 10–50 | 251 (35.4) |
| 50–100 | 215 (30.3) |
| >100 | 208 (29.3) |
| Years of practice | |
| Less than 6 months | 19 (2.7) |
| 6 months to less than a year | 37 (5.2) |
| 1 year to less than 3 years | 109 (15.5) |
| 3 years to less than 6 years | 133 (18.9) |
| 6 years to less than 12 years | 189 (26.8) |
| 12 years or more | 218 (30.9) |
| Weekly working hours | |
| 1–16 | 46 (6.5) |
| 17–31 | 51 (7.2) |
| 32–40 | 142 (20.1) |
| >40 | 468 (66.2) |
| Pharmacy position | |
| Owner | 448 (63.4) |
| Staff | 259 (36.6) |
| Mean ± SD | |
| Age (in years) | 35.51 ± 10.82 |