Table 3.

Bivariate analysis of factors associated with the knowledge, attitude and practice scores

Variables	Knowledge (mean ± SD)	Attitude (mean ± SD)	Practice (mean ± SD)
Gender
Male	39.64 ± 5.87	9.44 ± 2.70	16.34 ± 2.76
Female	40.43 ± 5.60	9.99 ± 2.46	15.44 ± 3.15
p-value	0.073	0.006	<0.001
District
Beirut	40.51 ± 5.74	9.41 ± 2.56	15.48 ± 3.01
Mount Lebanon	40.09 ± 5.53	9.72 ± 2.68	15.54 ± 3.13
North Lebanon	36.31 ± 5.35	10.57 ± 1.57	15.68 ± 2.18
South Lebanon	38.92 ± 5.72	10.13 ± 2.43	16.69 ± 2.68
Bekaa	42.73 ± 5.85	9.48 ± 2.76	16.37 ± 2.91
p-value	<0.001	0.13	0.001
Educational level
BS pharmacy	39.89 ± 5.91	9.77 ± 2.49	15.93 ± 2.86
Pharm. D.	40.60 ± 5.34	9.81 ± 2.65	15.60 ± 3.35
Masters	39.67 ± 5.60	9.61 ± 2.71	15.70 ± 3.07
PhD	40.68 ± 6.42	9.06 ± 4.04	16.25 ± 3.04
p-value	0.455	0.675	0.813
Demographic area
Poor	40.17 ± 5.13	10.37 ± 2.17	16.26 ± 2.47
Middle	39.88 ± 5.86	9.54 ± 2.76	15.58 ± 3.05
Rich	37.60 ± 6.34	9.10 ± 3.33	15.81 ± 2.51
Mixed	40.72 ± 5.45	10.00 ± 2.35	16.04 ± 3.12
p-value	0.021	0.012	0.069
Daily number of patients
<10	41.48 ± 5.94	9.20 ± 2.92	16.45 ± 2.29
10–50	40.25 ± 5.64	9.76 ± 2.49	15.83 ± 3.04
50–100	40.39 ± 5.23	9.93 ± 2.38	15.86 ± 3.10
>100	39.29 ± 6.19	9.66 ± 2.86	15.65 ± 3.05
p-value	0.074	0.406	0.528
Years of practice
Less than 6 months	41.68 ± 5.31	10.68 ± 1.29	15.68 ± 2.56
6 months to less than a year	40.00 ± 5.85	9.67 ± 2.62	15.24 ± 3.05
1 year to less than 3 years	39.74 ± 5.67	9.91 ± 2.41	15.49 ± 3.16
3 years to less than 6 years	40.30 ± 6.11	9.87 ± 2.37	15.57 ± 3.12
6 years to less than 12 years	40.69 ± 5.11	9.79 ± 2.57	15.92 ± 2.92
12 years or more	39.52 ± 5.86	9.57 ± 2.80	16.17 ± 3.03
p-value	0.269	0.501	0.25
Weekly working hours
1–16	38.84 ± 6.43	9.86 ± 2.09	14.82 ± 3.35
17–31	40.70 ± 5.32	9.68 ± 2.58	14.49 ± 2.83
32–40	40.11 ± 5.33	9.51 ± 2.64	15.46 ± 2.97
>40	40.16 ± 5.76	9.84 ± 2.59	16.18 ± 2.97
p-value	0.415	0.582	<0.001
Pharmacy position
Owner	40.34 ± 5.55	9.87 ± 2.59	16.16 ± 2.94
Staff	39.62 ± 5.99	9.55 ± 2.59	15.22 ± 3.09
p-value	0.106	0.116	<0.001