Table 5 Pharmacists affiliated with pharmacy chains/DS or small- and medium-sized community pharmacies (Stratified analysis)
From: Analysis of factors affecting pharmacists' ability to identify and solve problems
Affiliated with pharmacy chains or DS | Affiliated with small- and medium-sized community pharmacies | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Group with experience presenting at academic conferences (N = 22) | Group without experience presenting at academic conferences (N = 132) | Group with experience presenting at academic conferences (N = 19) | Group without experience presenting at academic conferences (N = 127) | |||||||||||
N | % | N | % | OR | 95%CI | P value | N | % | N | % | OR | 95%CI | P value | |
Respondent attributes | ||||||||||||||
Sex (male) | 11 | 50.0 | 41 | 31.1 | 1.6 | 0.5–4.9 | 0.45 | 10 | 52.6 | 51 | 40.2 | 2.0 | 0.5–7.4 | 0.30 |
Age 20 s | 2 | 9.1 | 27 | 20.5 | Ref | - | - | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | > 0.99 |
30 s | 10 | 45.5 | 48 | 36.4 | 1.4 | 0.2–8.3 | 0.69 | 8 | 42.1 | 45 | 35.4 | Ref | - | - |
40 s | 6 | 27.3 | 35 | 26.5 | 1.5 | 0.2–10.8 | 0.69 | 6 | 31.6 | 39 | 30.7 | 1.4 | 0.3–5.8 | 0.67 |
50 s | 2 | 9.1 | 17 | 12.9 | 0.7 | 0.1–7.9 | 0.76 | 2 | 10.5 | 27 | 21.3 | 0.4 | 0.1–3.0 | 0.38 |
60 s | 1 | 4.5 | 4 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0–21.7 | 0.99 | 2 | 10.5 | 9 | 7.1 | 4.2 | 0.5–36.7 | 0.19 |
over 70 s | 1 | 4.5 | 1 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 0.1–97.1 | 0.67 | 1 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 × 1010 | 0 | > 0.99 |
Highest educational background (doctoral or master's degree) | 6 | 27.3 | 10 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 1.4–46.4 | 0.02a | 5 | 26.3 | 12 | 9.4 | 1.4 | 0.3–6.6 | 0.71 |
Experiences gained in pharmacy school | ||||||||||||||
Experience participating in academic conferences during pharmacy school | 10 | 45.5 | 36 | 27.3 | 1.1 | 0.3–3.9 | 0.88 | 7 | 36.8 | 27 | 21.3 | 2.3 | 0.6–9.1 | 0.24 |
Meeting a role model | 8 | 36.4 | 32 | 24.2 | 1.5 | 0.4–5.6 | 0.57 | 9 | 47.4 | 31 | 22.4 | 3.2 | 0.7–14.6 | 0.14 |
Physical environmental factors at your facility | ||||||||||||||
More than 3 full-time pharmacists | 11 | 50.0 | 39 | 29.5 | 0.4 | 0.1–1.2 | 0.09 | 12 | 63.2 | 64 | 50.4 | 1.3 | 0.3–5.0 | 0.70 |
Frequency of information exchange is more than once/month | 14 | 63.6 | 68 | 51.5 | 1.3 | 0.4–4.2 | 0.65 | 14 | 73.7 | 72 | 56.7 | 0.7 | 0.2–2.8 | 0.63 |
Subsidy system | 17 | 77.3 | 94 | 71.2 | 1.9 | 0.5–7.1 | 0.35 | 13 | 68.4 | 61 | 48.0 | 3.2 | 0.7–14.6 | 0.14 |
Opportunities to report learning | 7 | 31.8 | 19 | 14.4 | 1.3 | 0.3–5.2 | 0.73 | 8 | 42.1 | 16 | 12.6 | 4.1 | 0.9–19.3 | 0.07 |
Human environmental factors at your facility | ||||||||||||||
Friends to join together | 10 | 45.5 | 41 | 31.1 | 2.1 | 0.6–7.7 | 0.26 | 11 | 57.9 | 38 | 29.9 | 1.0 | 0.2–4.5 | 0.96 |
Experience in participating in workshops | 5 | 22.7 | 27 | 20.5 | 0.6 | 0.1–2.6 | 0.49 | 7 | 36.8 | 23 | 18.1 | 0.8 | 0.2–3.9 | 0.81 |
The status of self-learning /self-improvement motivatio after employment | ||||||||||||||
Number of types of self-improvement (quartile range) | 3(2–4) | 2(1–3) | 1.4 | 1.0–1.9 | 0.09 | 4(2–5) | 2(1–4) | 1.5 | 1.0–2.1 | 0.04a | ||||
Execution of self-improvement | 9 | 40.9 | 59 | 44.7 | 0.4 | 0.1–1.2 | 0.09 | 12 | 63.2 | 43 | 33.9 | 1.8 | 0.5–6.9 | 0.37 |