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Table 2 Attitude towards research participation

From: Attitude, barriers and facilitators to practice-based research: cross-sectional survey of hospital pharmacists in Saudi Arabia

 

aoverall score

bPREP

cNPREP

z value

P value

Median (IQR)d

Median (IQR)d

Median (IQR)d

I enjoy reading pharmacy practice research studies in the literature.

4 (3, 4)

4 (4, 5)

4 (3, 4)

−2.040

0.041f

I would enjoy working on a pharmacy practice research project.

4 (4, 5)

4 (4, 5)

4 (4, 5)

−0.966

0.334

I am confident in my ability to understand research and research terminology related to pharmacy practice.

4 (4, 5)

4 (4, 5)

4 (3–5)

−1.747

0.081

I am confident in my ability to design a pharmacy practice research project.

4 (3, 4)

4 (4, 5)

4 (3, 4)

−3.407

0.001e

I am confident in my ability to evaluate research findings in terms of their application to pharmacy practice.

4 (3, 4)

4 (3, 4)

4 (3, 4)

−2.583

0.01d

Pharmacy practice research is important in identifying and investigating problems in pharmacy.

5 (4, 5)

5 (4, 5)

4 (4, 5)

−0.490

0.624

Pharmacy practice research is important to pharmacy decision-making.

5 (4, 5)

5 (4, 5)

4 (4, 5)

−0.498

0.619

  1. aAttitude was measured on a scale of 1–5 where 1 was ‘strongly disagree’ and 5 was ‘strongly agree’
  2. b PREP Previous Research Experience Pharmacists
  3. c NPREP Non Previous Research Experience Pharmacists
  4. f P value < 0.05
  5. e P value < 0.01
  6. d IQR Inter quartile range