Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics and work experience of community pharmacists
Variable | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|
Gender | Â |
 Male | 234 (45.7) |
 Female | 278 (54.3) |
Level of education* | Â |
 BS Pharmacy | 469 (91.6) |
 PharmD/DPharm | 194 (37.9) |
 Masters | 105 (20.5) |
 PhD | 49 (9.6) |
 Other |  |
The highest degree related to your main field of work | Â |
 BS Pharmacy | 286 (56.0) |
 PharmD/DPharm | 140 (27.4) |
 Masters | 48 (9.4) |
 PhD | 37 (7.2) |
Name of university graduated as a pharmacist | Â |
 Lebanese University (UL) | 116 (22.7) |
 Saint Joseph University (USJ) | 40 (7.8) |
 American University of Beirut (AUB) | 7 (1.4) |
 Beirut Arab University (BAU) | 97 (18.9) |
 Lebanese American University (LAU) | 28 (5.5) |
 Lebanese International University (LIU) | 169 (33.0) |
 Outside Lebanon | 55 (10.7) |
Name of university earning the highest degree from | Â |
 Lebanese University (UL) | 120 (23.4) |
 Saint Joseph University (USJ) | 41 (8.0) |
 American University of Beirut (AUB) | 12 (2.3) |
 Beirut Arab University (BAU) | 87 (17.0) |
 Lebanese American University (LAU) | 33 (6.4) |
 Lebanese International University (LIU) | 159 (31.1) |
 Outside Lebanon / other | 57(11.1) |
Language of pharmacy education | Â |
 French | 129 (25.2) |
 English | 358 (69.9) |
 Other | 25 (4.9) |
Work Location | Â |
 Beirut | 165 (32.2) |
 Mount Lebanon | 133 (26.0) |
 North Lebanon | 83 (16.2) |
 South Lebanon | 62 (12.1) |
 Beqaa | 69 (13.5) |
Number of patients received per day | Â |
  < 10 | 12 (2.3) |
 10–50 | 201 (39.3) |
 50–100 | 219 (42.8) |
  > 100 | 80 (15.6) |
Owner of the pharmacy | Â |
 Yes | 276 (43.9) |
 No | 236 (46.1) |
Another field of work | Â |
 I do not have another field of work | 401 (78.3) |
 Academia (teaching); preceptor | 44 (8.6) |
 Clinical pharmacy | 37 (7.2) |
 Other | 15 (2.9) |
 Research | 8 (1.6) |
 Medical representative | 6 (1.2) |
 Government hospital | 1 (0.2) |
|  | Mean ± SD |
Age (years) | 35.35 ± 10.77 |
Number of working days per week | 5.93 ± 0.84 |
Number of working hours per day | 8.91 ± 3.09 |
Years of experience as a community pharmacist | 10.10 ± 8.56 |