Expanding HIV/AIDS care service sites: a cross sectional survey of community pharmacists’ views in South-East, Nigeria

Table 3 Knowledge of respondents based on demographic characteristics

Demographic characteristics	Low knowledge n (%)	Moderate knowledge n (%)	High knowledge n (%)	Mean	Std. deviation	Std. error	P value
Gender
Male	23 (65.7)	38 (30.4)	64 (56.6)	68.67	17.67	1.58	0.12^a
Female	12 (34.3)	19 (33.3)	49 (43.4)	73.13	20.93	2.34
Age (Years)
≤ 30	5 (14.3)	6 (10.5)	12 (10.6)	64.98	23.21	4.81	0.53^b
31–40	10 (28.6)	16 (28.1)	54 (47.8)	75.69	17.89	2.00	<0.001^b
41–50	5 (14.3)	14 (24.6)	27 (23.9)	73.19	17.06	2.52	0.01^b
51–60	6 (17.1)	19 (33.3)	13 (11.5)	64.91	13.98	2.27	0.46^b
≥ 61	9 (25.7)	2 (3.5)	7 (6.2)	58.33	24.27	5.72	Referent
Number of employees
≤ 5 staff	30 (85.7)	36 (63.2)	64 (56.6)	66.45	19.21	1.68	0.77^b
6–10 staff	4 (11.4)	18 (31.6)	38 (33.6)	77.59	16.27	2.10	0.55^b
11–15 staff	0 (0.0)	1 (1.8)	6 (5.3)	81.75	12.30	4.65	0.44^b
≥ 15 staff	1 (2.9)	2 (3.5)	5 (4.4)	70.83	24.44	8.64	Referent
Years of Practice (Years)
≤ 5	12 (34.3)	13 (22.8)	24 (21.2)	64.83	23.44	3.35	0.99^b
6–10	3 (8.6)	12 (21.1)	44 (38.9)	78.63	14.55	1.89	<0.001^b
11–15	5 (14.3)	10 (17.5)	16 (14.2)	17.15	17.00	3.05	0.28^b
16–19	0 (0.0)	4 (7.0)	10 (8.8)	76.98	10.42	2.78	0.07^b
≥ 20	15 (42.9)	18 (31.6)	19 (16.8)	64.10	18.49	2.56	Referent
Qualification(s)
B. Pharm	32 (91.4)	40 (70.2)	56 (49.6)	64.83	18.59	1.64	0.27^b
M. Pharm	3 (8.6)	15 (26.6)	30 (26.5)	73.94	16.21	2.34	0.85^b
Pharm. D	0 (0.0)	1 (1.8)	22 (19.5)	90.33	9.95	2.07	0.54^b
FPC. Pharm	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	3 (2.7)	88.89	5.56	3.21	0.78^b
MBA	0 (0.0)	1 (1.8)	2 (1.8)	79.62	21.03	12.14	Referent

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