Table 5.
Participants’ attitudes towards pharmaceutical care services
| Statement | n (%) | Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
| All pharmacists should perform pharmaceutical care (prevent and solve treatment-related problems) | 736 (42.9) | 675 (39.3) | 273 (15.9) | 33 (1.9) | 0 (0.0) | 4.191 (0.774) | 4 (1) |
| Pharmacists’ primary responsibility should be practicing pharmaceutical care | 586 (34.1) | 718 (41.8) | 370 (21.5) | 40 (2.3) | 3 (0.2) | 4.034 (0.809) | 4 (2) |
| Pharmacy students can perform pharmaceutical care during their experiential training | 524 (30.5) | 625 (36.4) | 4563 (26.6) | 102 (5.9) | 10 (0.6) | 3.863 (0.923) | 4 (1) |
| Providing pharmaceutical care takes too much time and effort | 460 (26.8) | 648 (37.7) | 489 (28.5) | 115 (6.7) | 5 (0.3) | 3.800 (0.907) | 4 (1) |
| Pharmaceutical care will improve patients’ health | 667 (38.8) | 716 (41.7) | 306 (17.8) | 23 (1.3) | 5 (0.3) | 4.135 (0.778) | 4 (1) |
| Providing pharmaceutical care is professionally rewarding | 500 (29.1) | 726 (42.3) | 432 (25.2) | 52 (3.0) | 7 (0.4) | 3.927 (0.835) | 4 (1 |
| Pharmaceutical care is the right direction for the provision to be headed | 600 (34.9) | 754 (43.9) | 339 (19.7) | 18 (1.0) | 6 (0.3) | 4.080 (0.773) | 4 (1) |
5: strongly agree; 4: agree; 3: neutral; 2: disagree; 1: strongly disagree.