Table 4.
Association of knowledge of breast cancer with demographic and practice characteristics among community pharmacists.
| Characteristics | Knowledge of signs and symptoms | Knowledge of risk factors | Knowledge of screening guidelines | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poor (n = 144) |
Acceptable (n = 401) |
p value | Poor (n = 153) |
Acceptable (n = 378) |
p value | Poor (n = 159) |
Acceptable (n = 391) |
p value | |
| Marital status | 0.828 | 0.245 | 0.833 | ||||||
| Single | 85 (27.6) | 223 (72.4) | 95 (31.8) | 204 (68.2) | 90 (28.8) | 222 (71.2) | |||
| Married | 57 (25.3) | 168 (74.7) | 54 (24.3) | 168 (75.7) | 65 (28.8) | 161 (71.2) | |||
| Divorced | 1 (14.3) | 6 (85.7) | 3 (42.9) | 4 (57.1) | 2 (28.6) | 5 (71.4) | |||
| Widowed | 1 (25.0) | 3 (75.0) | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) | 2 (50.0) | 2 (50.0) | |||
| Geographic area | 0.079 | 0.021∗ | 0.028∗ | ||||||
| North | 82 (30.7) | 185 (69.3) | 84 (31.9) | 179 (68.1) | 91 (33.8) | 178 (66.2) | |||
| Middle | 55 (22.0) | 195 (78.0) | 67 (27.9) | 173 (72.1) | 59 (23.3) | 194 (76.7) | |||
| South | 7 (25.0) | 21 (75.0) | 2 (7.1) | 26 (92.9) | 9 (32.1) | 19 (67.9) | |||
| Menopausal status | 0.357 | 0.765 | 0.633 | ||||||
| Premenopausal | 142 (26.8) | 388 (73.2) | 150 (29.0) | 368 (71.0) | 156 (29.2) | 379 (70.8) | |||
| Postmenopausal | 2 (15.4) | 11 (84.6) | 3 (25.0) | 9 (75.0) | 3 (23.1) | 10 (76.9) | |||
| Personal history of breast cancer | 0.048∗ | 0.087 | 0.369 | ||||||
| Yes | 2 (8.7) | 21 (91.3) | 3 (13.0) | 20 (87.0) | 5 (20.8) | 19 (79.2) | |||
| No | 142 (27.3) | 379 (72.7) | 150 (29.6) | 357 (70.4) | 154 (29.3) | 371 (70.7) | |||
| Educational level | 0.446 | 0.003∗ | 0.317 | ||||||
| BPharm | 131 (27.0) | 355 (73.0) | 147 (31.1) | 326 (68.9) | 143 (29.2) | 347 (70.8) | |||
| PharmD | 8 (18.6) | 35 (81.4) | 3 (7.1) | 39 (92.9) | 14 (31.8) | 30 (68.2) | |||
| Graduate degree | 5 (31.3) | 11 (68.8) | 3 (18.8) | 13 (81.3) | 2 (12.5) | 14 (87.5) | |||
| Place of graduation | 0.746 | 0.471 | 0.128 | ||||||
| Public | 96 (27.5) | 253 (72.5) | 93 (27.2) | 249 (72.8) | 111 (31.4) | 242 (68.6) | |||
| Private | 45 (24.6) | 138 (75.4) | 57 (32.2) | 120 (67.8) | 47 (25.7) | 136 (74.3) | |||
| Overseas | 3 (30.0) | 7 (70.0) | 3 (33.3) | 6 (66.7) | 1 (9.1) | 10 (90.9) | |||
| Description of practice | 0.435 | 0.046∗ | 0.954 | ||||||
| Staff pharmacist | 86 (27.6) | 226 (72.4) | 85 (28.3) | 215 (71.7) | 93 (29.3) | 224 (70.7) | |||
| Pharmacist in charge | 50 (26.0) | 142 (74.0) | 63 (33.0) | 128 (67.0) | 54 (28.1) | 138 (71.9) | |||
| Owner | 7 (17.9) | 32 (82.1) | 5 (13.2) | 33 (86.8) | 11 (28.2) | 28 (71.8) | |||
| CEU | 0.981 | 0.121 | 0.336 | ||||||
| Never | 108 (26.0) | 307 (74.0) | 117 (29.0) | 286 (71.0) | 128 (30.7) | 289 (69.3) | |||
| 1 | 27 (27.3) | 72 (72.7) | 23 (23.2) | 76 (76.8) | 23 (22.5) | 79 (77.5) | |||
| 2 | 7 (29.2) | 17 (70.8) | 10 (41.7) | 14 (58.3) | 7 (29.2) | 17 (70.8) | |||
| >2 | 2 (28.6) | 5 (71.4) | 3 (60.0) | 2 (40.0) | 1 (14.3) | 6 (85.7) | |||
Data presented as n (%). ∗Indicates statistical significance at p < 0.05. BPharm: Bachelor's in Pharmacy; CEU: continuing education unit; PharmD: Doctor of Pharmacy degree.