Table 3.

Independent samples t-test and one-Way ANOVA analysis to mean score difference among the participants in the provision of health promotion towards NCDs

Variables	Category	Health promotion involvement mean scores
		Mean (± SD)	t/F	P-value
Sex	Male	3.80(± 0.48)	0.59a	0.556
	Female	3.85(± 0.62)
Cities where participants involved	Gondar city	3.88(± 0.61)	0.48b	0.543
	Bahir Dar	3.80(± 0.59)
	Debre Tabor	3.78(0 ± 0.60)
CDRO types where participants worked	Drug store	3.80(± 0.60)	-0.67a	0.505
	Pharmacy	3.85(± 0.60)
Working hours/day	≤ 8	3.72(± 0.62)	-2.52a	0.012
	> 8	3.90(± 0.58)
Employment status	Employee	3.81(± 0.61)	-0.34a	0.532
	Owner	3.85(± 0.56)
Pharmacists’ educational level	Druggist	3.55(± 0.57)	-10.51a	0.000
	Degree and above	4.18(± 0.46)
Training on health promotion practice:	Yes	3.85(± 0.61)	0.55a	0.584
	No	3.81(± 0.60)
Work experience in years	< 1	3.73(± 0.67)	1.70b	0.184
	1–5	3.89(± 0.55)
	> 5	3.78(± 0.62)
Monthly income (ETB)	1500–2999	3.77(± 0.67)	0.86b	0.423
	3000–4999	3.82(± 0.60)
	≥ 5000	3.89(± 0.53)
Number of clients served/day	< 50	3.83(± 0.59)	2.73b	0.037
	50–100	3.86(± 0.62)
	> 100	3.50(± 0.52)

^aDenotes independent sample t-test; ^bindicates one-way ANOVA; bold letter at p-value indicates P < 0.05