Table 3.

Some Factors Associated With the Level of Readiness of Telepharmacy (n = 414).

Characteristic	Level of readiness		Overall	p value*
	Ready	Not ready
Age (years)
≤30	130 (83.9%)	25 (16.1%)	155 (37.4%)	.255
31-40	152 (89.4%)	18 (10.6%)	170 (41.1%)
41-50	54 (90.0%)	6 (10.0%)	60 (14.5%)
51-60	15 (78.9%)	4 (21.1%)	19 (4.5%)
>60	10 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.4%)
Sex
Female	288 (88.1%)	39 (11.9%)	327 (79.0%)	.301
Male	73 (83.9%)	14 (16.1%)	87 (21.0%)
Professional qualifications
Intermediate	46 (85.2%)	8 (14.8%)	54 (13.0%)	.139
College	61 (89.7%)	7 (10.3%)	68 (16.4%)
University	194 (84.7%)	35 (15.3%)	229 (55.3%)
Postgraduate	60 (95.2%)	3 (4.8%)	63 (15.2%)
Work experience (years)
≤10	213 (85.9%)	35 (14.1%)	248 (59.9%)	.458
11-20	114 (88.4%)	15 (11.6%)	129 (31.2%)
21-30	20 (87.0%)	3 (5.7%)	23 (5.5%)
>30	14 (100%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.4%)
Workplace
Hospital pharmacy	189 (91.7%)	17 (8.3%)	206 (49.8%)	.006
Private pharmacy	172 (82.7%)	36 (17.3%)	208 (50.2%)
Telepharmacy application
Yes	315 (87.7%)	44 (12.3%)	359 (85.7%)	.396
No	46 (83.6%)	9 (16.4%)	55 (13.3%)
Knowledge
Good	243 (94.2%)	15 (5.8%)	258 (62.3%)	<.001
Poor	118 (75.6%)	38 (24.4%)	156 (37.7%)
Attitude
Good	293 (95.4%)	14 (4.6%)	307 (74.2%)	<.001
Poor	68 (63.6%)	39 (36.4%)	107 (25.8%)
Behavior
Good	239 (98.4%)	4 (1.6%)	243 (58.7%)	<.001
Poor	122 (71.3%)	49 (28.7%)	171 (41.3%)
Telepharmacy investment payout
<100 000	197 (84.5%)	36 (15.5%)	233 (56.3%)	.104
100 000-500 000	117 (90.7%)	12 (9.3%)	129 (31.2%)
500 000-1 000 000	30 (96.8%)	1 (3.2%)	31 (7.5%)
>1 000 000	17 (81.0%)	4 (19.05)	21 (5.1%)

^*Chi-square test.

Bold faced values is p value. p ≤ 0.05 is a statistically significant test result.