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Table 1 Socio-demographics of respondents

From: How confident are pharmacists in providing pharmaceutical care on anticoagulants? A cross-sectional, self-administered questionnaire study in Borneo, Malaysia

Characteristics

n (%)

Gender

 

 Female

428 (79.0)

 Male

114 (21.0)

Age (year)

30 (4)a

Working experience as pharmacist (month)

61.5 (62)a

Zone of practice

 

 Main town

251 (46.3)

 District 1

180 (33.2)

 District 2

111 (20.5)

Place of practice

 

 Hospital

395 (72.9)

 Clinic

147 (27.1)

Place of practice according to zone

 

 Hospital (Main Zone)

189 (34.9)

 Hospital (District 1)

126 (23.2)

 Hospital (District 2)

80 (14.8)

 Clinic (Main Zone)

62 (11.4)

 Clinic (District 1)

54 (10.0)

 Clinic (District 2)

31 (5.7)

Department of practice

 

 Outpatient

269 (49.6)

 Ward

95 (17.5)

 Inpatient

74 (13.7)

 Administrative

11 ( 2.0)

 Others

93 (17.2)

Warfarin MTAC involvement

 

 Never

395 (72.9)

 Previously

76 (14.0)

 Currently

71 (13.1)

Anticoagulant deal by respondent in practice

 

 Warfarin

 

  Never

25 (4.6)

  Rarely

58 (10.7)

  Sometimes

143 (26.4)

  Always

316 (58.3)

 LMWHs

 

  Never

62 (11.4)

  Rarely

167 (30.8)

  Sometimes

192 (35.4)

  Always

121 (22.3)

 DOACs

 

  Never

84 (15.5)

  Rarely

224 (41.3)

  Sometimes

184 (33.9)

  Always

50 ( 9.2)

  1. DOACs direct oral anticoagulants, LMWHs low molecular weight heparins, MTAC medication therapy adherence clinic
  2. aData skewed to the right, p < 0.05 in Kolmogorov–Smirnov statistic with a Lilliefors significant level