Table 4.
Association between sociodemographic characteristics and knowledge level of pharmacy personnel toward psychotropic medication used in elderly people, Gondar, Ethiopia, April 2020, N = 144.
| Variable | Total knowledge score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good knowledge | Poor knowledge | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | P value | |
| Age | 0.245 | ||||
| <30 | 28 | 45 | 1∗∗ | 1∗∗ | |
| 30-40 | 38 | 27 | 1.607 (0.303-8.524) | 0.249 (0.28-2.217) | |
| >40 | 3 | 3 | 0.711 (0.133-3.792) | 0.700 (0.104-4.694) | |
| Marital status | 0.348 | ||||
| Single | 23 | 44 | 1∗∗ | 1∗∗ | |
| Married | 46 | 31 | 2.839 (1.439-5.601) | 1.493 (0.647-3.447) | |
| Level of education | 0.656 | ||||
| Pharmacy technician | 27 | 50 | 1∗∗ | 1∗∗ | |
| B. Pharm | 42 | 25 | 3.111 (1.574-6.149) | 1.245 (0.475-3.268) | |
| Graduated college | 0.555 | ||||
| Government | 48 | 35 | 1∗∗ | 1∗∗ | |
| Private | 21 | 40 | 0.383 (0.193-0.759) | 0.775 (0.332-1.809) | |
| Work experience | 0.029∗ | ||||
| <5 years | 25 | 51 | 1∗∗ | 1∗∗ | |
| ≥5 years | 44 | 24 | 3.740 (1.876-7.456) | 4.173 (1.156-15.062) | |
| Monthly income (birr) | 0.046∗ | ||||
| <5000 | 24 | 54 | 1∗∗ | 1∗∗ | |
| ≥5000 | 45 | 21 | 4.821 (2.378-9.775) | 2.763 (1.020-7.487) | |
| Practice setting | 0.133 | ||||
| Hospital | 36 | 24 | 3.429 (1.227-9.579) | 2.750 (0.850-8.897) | |
| Health center | 7 | 16 | 2.019 (0.979-4.165) | 0.857 (0.336-2.184) | |
| Community pharmacy | 26 | 35 | 1∗∗ | 1∗∗ | |
∗∗Constant, ∗significant.