Table 4 Practice of community pharmacy professionals among different subgroups of study participants: independent sample t-test and one-way ANOVA
Demographic and related characteristics | Categories | Symptom-related information gathering practice | p-value Levene’s test for equality of variances | Medication-related information provision practice | p-value Levene’s test for equality of variances | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean, SD | p-value | Mean, SD | p-value | ||||
Sex | Male | 24.43 ± 4.77 | 0.106 | 0.310 | 34.21 ± 4.34 | 0.261 | 0.243 |
Female | 23.45 ± 4.54 | 33.54 ± 4.79 | |||||
Educational qualification in pharmacy | Diploma in pharmacy | 23.39 ± 4.76 | 0.034* | 0.362 | 33.76 ± 4.750 | 0.835 | 0.505 |
Bachelor of pharmacy (BPharm) | 24.26 ± 4.49 | S | 33.91 ± 4.47 | ||||
Master of pharmacy (MSc) | 26.35 ± 4.22 | 34.47 ± 3.93 | |||||
Work experience in years | Less than 5 years | 22.96 ± 4.51 | 0.001* | 33.43 ± 4.99 | 0.080 | 0.011 | |
5–10 years | 24.17 ± 4.50 | 0.777 | 33.52 ± 4.24 | ||||
Greater than 10 years | 25.64 ± 4.64 | 34.92 ± 3.76 | |||||
Licensure by regulatory authority | Druggist/Pharmacy technician | 22.92 ± 4.62 | 0.001* | 0.491 | 33.69 ± 4.78 | 0.792 | 0.732 |
Junior pharmacist | 23.41 ± 4.48 | 33.35 ± 4.78 | |||||
Senior Pharmacist/Druggist | 25.08 ± 4.73 | 34.20 ± 4.52 | |||||
Chief pharmacist | 27.47 ± 3.74 | 34.47 ± 4.32 | |||||
Expert pharmacist | 24.03 ± 4.39 | 34.40 ± 3.93 | |||||
Facility type | Drug store | 23.33 ± 4.37 | 0.073 | 0.146 | 33.27 ± 4.31 | 0.070 | 0.221 |
Pharmacy | 24.42 ± 4.87 | 34.35 ± 4.74 | |||||
Responsibility in the pharmacy | Owner | 25.03 ± 4.54 | 0.003* | 0.759 | 34.23 ± 4.18 | 0.312 | 0.115 |
Employed | 23.19 ± 4.63 | 33.62 ± 4.82 | |||||
In-services training received | Yes | 24.42 ± 4.35 | 0.454 | 0.689 | 34.23 ± 4.94 | 0.571 | 0.170 |
No | 23.83 ± 4.74 | 33.79 ± 4.50 | |||||