Table 4.
Pharmacist Attitudes/agreement with the following statements
| Statement | Mean ± SD | p-value (t-test) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | ||
| Persons who inject drugs (PWIDs) should always be allowed to buy non-prescription syringesa,e | 3.50 ± 1.41 | 3.08 ± 1.49 | 0.04* |
| Providing non-prescription syringes is a safe method of preventing blood-borne infections among PWIDsa,e | 4.20 ± 1.06 | 3.72 ± 1.30 | 0.01* |
| PWID customers are a disruption to my pharmacya,e | 2.98 ± 1.24 | 3.30 ± 1.31 | 0.08 |
| If I could, I would refuse to treat PWID customersb,e | 2.09 ± 1.07 | 2.58 ± 1.41 | 0.01* |
| PWID customers make other customers feel uncomfortableb,e | 3.38 ± 1.15 | 3.68 ± 1.05 | 0.06 |
| PWID customers make my pharmacy less safeb,e | 3.14 ± 1.22 | 3.47 ± 1.20 | 0.06 |
| Pharmacists/pharmacies are an important resource for PWIDs who may not be able to access health care in the communityb,e | 3.95 ± 1.04 | 3.67 ± 1.17 | 0.07 |
| Pharmacists should provide HIV prevention information/resources to PWIDs who purchase non-prescription syringesb,e | 3.57 ± 1.01 | 3.43 ± 1.28 | 0.45 |
| Pharmacists should provide HIV prevention information/resources to anyone who purchases non-prescription syringesc,e | 3.17 ± 1.17 | 2.97 ± 1.09 | 0.23 |
| It is not the role of the pharmacists/pharmacy staff to provide PWID customers with HIV prevention servicesc,e | 2.63 ± 1.03 | 2.93 ± 1.13 | 0.049* |
| I am willing to provide information/resources to PWID customers who purchase non-prescription syringesd,e | 3.85 ± 0.93 | 3.65 ± 1.04 | 0.15 |
| I have time to provide information/resources to PWID customers who purchase non-prescription syringesd,e | 2.58 ± 1.23 | 2.33 ± 1.27 | 0.18 |
| I am concerned about mistaking people purchasing non-prescriptions syringes as drug usersd,e | 3.32 ± 1.19 | 3.18 ± 1.37 | 0.49 |
| I would support a syringe disposal receptacle on the premises of my pharmacyd,e | 3.09 ± 1.32 | 3.02 ± 1.48 | 0.69 |
Mean and standard deviation calculated on likert scale where 1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree, with midpoint 3 = no opinion
*Significant at α = 0.05
aLevel of agreement with this statement was missing from 7.8% (n = 18) of urban pharmacists
bLevel of agreement with this statement was missing from 8.2%% (n = 19) of urban pharmacists
cLevel of agreement with this statement was missing from 8.6% (n = 20) of urban pharmacists
dLevel of agreement with this statement was missing from 9.1% (n = 21) of urban pharmacists
eLevel of agreement with this statement was missing from 11.8% (n = 8) of rural pharmacists