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Table 3 Comparison of the knowledge and attitude scores of community pharmacists before and after the educational session on diabetes care

From: Impact of an educational program on community pharmacist’s preparedness to conduct pharmacist-led diabetes clinic in Saudi Arabia

Categories

Items

Pre-test mean (± SD)

Post-test mean (± SD)

p-value

Knowledge

 Nutrition and monitoring

7

4.13 ± 1.14

5.45 ± 0.97

< 0.001

 Oral pharmacotherapy

3

2.17 ± 0.92

2.65 ± 0.57

0.003

 Knowledge about insulin

4

2.25 ± 0.86

3.05 ± 0.8

< 0.001

 Complications of diabetes

3

2.47 ± 0.74

2.9 ± 0.3

< 0.001

Total knowledge scores

17

11.02 ± 0.79

14.05 ± 1.12

0.01

Attitude

 Special training in diabetes

4

17.72 ± 2.29

18.6 ± 1.53

0.02

 Complications in diabetes

3

11.4 ± 2.22

12.22 ± 2.26

0.04

 Value of tight control

2

8.85 ± 1.15

9.18 ± 0.92

0.07

 Patient autonomy

3

11.77 ± 1.94

12.92 ± 1.72

0.003

Total attitude scores

12

49.79 ± 3.25

52.91 ± 3.4

0.01