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Table 1 Background characteristics of respondents

From: A nationwide survey of hospital pharmacist interventions to improve polypharmacy for patients with cancer in palliative care in Japan

  n (%)
Sex Male 200 (55.7)
Female 158 (44.0)
No response 1 (0.3)
Pharmacy experience, years 1 to 3 8 (2.2)
4 to 6 42 (11.7)
7 to 9 44 (12.3)
10 to 14 94 (26.2)
15 to 19 65 (18.1)
more than 19 105 (29.2)
No response 1 (0.3)
Receives “Total drug evaluation and management healthcare reimbursement fee”
  Yes 176 (49.0)
No 183 (51.0)
Board pharmacy certification Yes 222 (61.8)
No 130 (36.2)
No response 7 (1.9)
BCPPP1) 123 (34.3)
BCPOP2) 82 (22.8)
JSPHCS3) certification of Oncology Pharmacist 52 (14.5)
APACC4) 32 (8.9)
Pharmacists with certifications other than BCPPP 99 (27.6)
Confidence score in palliative care (No confidence, 0; full confidence, 10)
  Zero 5 (1.4)
1 7 (1.9)
2 5 (1.4)
3 9 (2.5)
4 10 (2.8)
5 54 (15.0)
6 76 (21.2)
7 92 (25.6)
8 69 (19.2)
9 24 (6.7)
10 8 (2.2)
Nationwide attendance at continuing education sessions related to palliative care in a year
  Zero 17 (4.7)
1 to 3 260 (72.4)
4 to 6 58 (16.2)
7 to 9 14 (3.9)
More than 9 10 (2.8)
Percentage of cancer patients managed by pharmacists
  Zero 7 (1.9)
1 to 39% 97 (27.0)
40 to 69% 94 (26.2)
70 to 99% 103 (28.7)
100% 58 (16.2)
  1. 1) BCPPP: Board Certified Pharmacist in Palliative Pharmacy
  2. 2) BCPOP: Board Certified Pharmacist in Oncology Pharmacy
  3. 3) JSPHCS: Japanese Society of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences
  4. 4) APACC: Accredited Pharmacist of Ambulatory Cancer Chemotherapy