Table 3.
Comparison of the level of knowledge between different groups.
| Level of Knowledge | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | Fair | Poor | p-Value | |
| Gender | 0.01 * | |||
| Female | 95 (27.1%) | 196 (56.0%) | 59 (16.9%) | |
| Male | 74 (36.6%) | 87 (43.1%) | 41 (20.3%) | |
| Age Group | 0.12 ** | |||
| 20–30 | 46 (31.1%) | 73 (49.3%) | 29 (19.6%) | |
| 31–41 | 63 (28.0%) | 119 (52.9%) | 43 (19.1%) | |
| 42–52 | 34 (27.4%) | 71 (57.3%) | 19 (15.3%) | |
| 53–63 | 25 (47.2%) | 19 (35.8%) | 9 (17.0%) | |
| 64–74 | 1 (100%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| Years of Experience | 0.88 | |||
| <10 | 72 (30.0%) | 126 (52.5%) | 42 (17.5%) | |
| >10 | 97 (31.1%) | 157 (50.3%) | 58 (18.6%) | |
| Occupation Category | 0.00 ** | |||
| Pharmacy-Related | 69 (29.7%) | 117 (50.4%) | 46 (19.8%) | |
| Nurse | 31 (20.3%) | 88 (57.5%) | 34 (22.2%) | |
| Medicine | 61 (45.5%) | 59 (44.0%) | 14 (10.4%) | |
| Business & Management | 5 (35.7%) | 7 (50.0%) | 2 (14.3%) | |
| Administration | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (60.0%) | 2 (40.0%) | |
| Allied Health | 1 (20.0%) | 4 (80.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| Governmental | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (60.0%) | 2 (40.0%) | |
| Intern | 1 (50.0%) | 1 (50.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| Previous Exposure to Genetic Issues | 0.30 | |||
| Yes | 54 (35.3%) | 75 (49.0%) | 24 (15.7%) | |
| No | 115 (28.8%) | 208 (52.1%) | 76 (19.0%) | |
| Completed PGX/ Pharmacogenetics Training or Education | 0.01 * | |||
| Yes | 51 (41.5%) | 55 (44.7%) | 17 (13.8%) | |
| No | 118 (27.5%) | 228 (53.1%) | 83 (19.3%) | |
| Have you ever advised any of your patients to undertake a genetic test? | 0.31 | |||
| Yes | 57 (38.0%) | 83 (55.3%) | 10 (6.7%) | |
| No | 71 (34.6%) | 112 (54.6%) | 22 (10.7%) | |
| Have you had any patients who asked about undertaking a genetic test in the last two years? | 0.02 * | |||
| Yes | 59 (45.7%) | 62 (48.1%) | 8 (6.2%) | |
| No | 74 (31.6%) | 132 (56.4%) | 28 (12.0%) | |
| Have you had any patients who asked your advice about the results of a genetic test in the last two years? | 0.28 | |||
| Yes | 50 (41.7%) | 57 (47.5%) | 13 (10.8%) | |
| No | 85 (34.1%) | 140 (56.2%) | 24 (9.6%) | |
* significant value from Chi-square test. ** significant value from Monte Carlo exact test.