Table 1 Sociodemographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the participants (n = 435)
From: Factors associated with empathy among community pharmacists in Lebanon
Factor | N (%) |
|---|---|
Gender | |
 Male | 223 (52.0%) |
 Female | 206 (48.0%) |
District | |
 Beirut | 77 (18.0%) |
 Mount Lebanon | 150 (35.1%) |
 North | 66 (15.5%) |
 South | 48 (11.2%) |
 Bekaa | 48 (11.2%) |
Educational level | |
 Bachelor of science | 250 (58.4%) |
 Pharm.D | 106 (24.8%) |
 Masters | 60 (14.0%) |
 PhD | 12 (2.8%) |
Professional status | |
 Employer | 299 (68.7%) |
 Employee | 128 (30.0%) |
Experience | |
 Less than 6 months | 24 (5.6%) |
 6 months to 1 year | 20 (4.6%) |
 1 year to less than 3 years | 36 (8.4%) |
 3 years to less than 6 years | 64 (14.8%) |
 6 years to less than 12 years | 118 (27.4%) |
 More than 12 years | 169 (39.2%) |
Approximate number of patients seen per day in the pharmacy | |
  < 10 | 3 (0.7%) |
 10–50 | 131 (30.8%) |
 50–100 | 188 (44.2%) |
  > 100 | 103 (24.2%) |
Working hours per week | |
 1–16 h per week | 27 (6.3%) |
 17–31 h per week | 48 (11.2%) |
 32–40 h per week | 96 (22.3%) |
 More than 40 h per week | 259 (60.2%) |
Social status of the patients | |
 Poor | 26 (6.1%) |
 Middle | 193 (45.6%) |
 High | 16 (3.8%) |
 Do not know | 185 (43.7%) |
Family income per month | |
  < 1000 USD | 35 (8.9%) |
 1000–2000 USD | 90 (20.7%) |
 2000–3000 USD | 129 (32.7%) |
  > 3000 USD | 140 (35.5%) |
Mean ± SD | |
 Age (in years) | 38.97 ± 11.13 |
 House crowding index | 0.89 ± 0.44 |