Table 1.
Characteristics of professionals and patients who took part in a telephone interview.
| Variable | Category | Professionals (n = 21) |
Patients (n = 8) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | ||
| Sex | Male | 6 | 28.6 | 1 | 12.5 |
| Female | 15 | 71.4 | 7 | 87.5 | |
| Age | 18–24 | – | – | 2 | 25.0 |
| 25–34 | – | – | 1 | 12.5 | |
| 35–44 | – | – | 3 | 37.5 | |
| 55–64 | – | – | 2 | 25.0 | |
| Region | Capitale-Nationale | 11 | 52.5 | 2 | 25.0 |
| Laurentides | 2 | 9.5 | 1 | 12.5 | |
| Montréal | 2 | 9.5 | 1 | 12.5 | |
| Estrie | – | – | 2 | 25.0 | |
| Centre-du-Québec | – | – | 1 | 12.5 | |
| Montérégie | – | – | 1 | 12.5 | |
| Chaudières-Appalaches | 1 | 4.8 | – | – | |
| Outaouais | 1 | 4.8 | – | – | |
| Bas-St-Laurent | 1 | 4.8 | – | – | |
| Mauricie | 1 | 4.8 | – | – | |
| Lanaudière | 1 | 4.8 | – | – | |
| Côte-Nord | 1 | 4.8 | – | – | |
| Education level | High school diploma | – | – | 1 | 12.5 |
| Professional studies certificate/diploma | – | – | 1 | 12.5 | |
| Technical or college diploma | – | – | 1 | 12.5 | |
| University certificate | – | – | 1 | 12.5 | |
| Bachelor degree | – | – | 1 | 12.5 | |
| Master or doctorate degree | – | – | 3 | 37.5 | |
| Employment | AYP registered pharmacist | 6 | 28.6 | – | – |
| Non-AYP pharmacist | 3 | 14.3 | – | – | |
| Nurse | 6 | 28.6 | – | – | |
| Physician | 2 | 9.5 | – | – | |
| Psychologist | 2 | 9.5 | – | – | |
| Social worker | 1 | 4.8 | – | – | |
| Nursing assistant | 1 | 4.8 | – | – | |
| Years of practice | Mean (SD) | 12.3 | (9.2) | – | – |
| Care setting(s)a | Community pharmacy | 7 | 33.3 | ||
| Family medicine group | 4 | 19.0 | |||
| Emergency services | 4 | 19.0 | |||
| Local community services centre | 3 | 14.4 | |||
| Home care | 2 | 9.5 | |||
| Private medical clinic/office | 2 | 9.5 | |||
| Seniors residence | 1 | 4.8 | |||
SD: standard deviation.
a
One professional could practice in more than one care settings.