Table 2. Characteristics of telepharmacy services offered in the community pharmacies (n=391).
No. (%) < 3 | Association with number of staff | Association with pharmacy type | ||||||
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≥ 3 | P | Group/Chain | Individual | P | ||||
Online sales services | No | 165 (42.20) | 114 | 51 | 0.84 | 113 | 52 | 0.44 |
Yes | 226 (57.80) | 154 | 72 | 163 | 63 | |||
Offering home delivery service | No | 39 (9.97) | 33 | 6 | 0.023 | 27 | 12 | 0.85 |
Yes | 352 (90.03) | 235 | 117 | 249 | 103 | |||
Main tools or applications used to offer Tele-pharmacy services | Phone | 374 | 258 | 116 | 0.38 | 263 | 111 | 0.59 |
193 | 124 | 69 | 0.71 | 124 | 69 | 0.007 | ||
Website (Online shopping | 198 | 134 | 64 | 0.71 | 155 | 43 | 0.001 | |
Social Media (e.g. Facebook, Instagram) | 204 | 135 | 69 | 0.5 | 135 | 69 | 0.12 | |
Messaging applications | 313 | 230 | 82 | <0.001 | 213 | 100 | 0.027 |
Fonts in Bold indicate statistically significant values, i.e., P < 0.05