Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice

Table 6 Factors affecting knowledge score, attitude score and perception score of pharmacists toward renal dose adjustment on RDQ-13 scale

From: Knowledge, attitude and perceptions of pharmacists regarding renal dose adjustment among chronic kidney disease patients in Pakistan

	Knowledge score				Attitude score				Perception score
	Unadjusted		Adjusted		Unadjusted		Adjusted		Unadjusted		Adjusted
	β	95% CI	β	95% CI	β	95% CI	β	95% CI	β	95% CI	β	95% CI
Gender	0.261	− 0.293; 0.815	–	–	− 0.333	− 0.792; 0.125	–	–	0.478	− 0.068; 1.023	0.748*	0.196; 1.300
Age	0.250	− 0.188; 0.688	–	–	0.417*	0.056; 0.777	0.482	− 0.209; 1.173	0.699*	0.274; 1.125	0.794	− 0.020; 1.607
Professional experience	0.061	− 0.277; 0.400	–	–	0.238	− 0.041; 0.517	− 0.155	− 0.682; 0.373	0.456*	0.126; 0.786	0.005	− 0.612; 0.623
Education	0.108	− 0.401; 0.617	–	–	0.418	− 0.001; 0.837	0.263	− 0.212; 0.738	0.462	− 0.038; 0.962	0.121	− 0.435; 0.677
Working setting	− 0.240	− 0.524; 0.038	0.240	− 0.524; 0.038	− 0.065	− 0.299; 0.169	–	–	− 0.074	− 0.353; 0.205
Designation	0.033	− 0.174; 0.239	–	–	0.240	0.071; 0.409	–	–	0.110	− 0.094; 0.314

Multivariate linear regression was used; Ref: Gender: Male = 0, female = 1; Age: 20–30 years = 0, 31–40 years = 1, 41–50 years = 2, 51–60 years = 3; Professional experience: < 5 years = 0, 5–10 years = 1, 11–15 years = 2, > 16 years = 3; Education: BSc Pharmacy/BPharm = 0, Pharm D = 1, Higher degree = 2, Other professional certificates/BCPS = 3; Working setting: Hospital pharmacy = 0, Clinical pharmacy = 1, Community pharmacy = 2, Retail pharmacy = 3; Designation: Trainee pharmacist = 0, Resident pharmacist = 1, Staff pharmacist = 2, Assistant manager pharmacy = 3, Manager pharmacy = 4, Chief pharmacist = 5, Director pharmacy = 6; *p < 0.05 statistically significant

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