Variables | Poor Knowledge (%) | Good Knowledge (%) | Poor Practice (%) | Good Practice (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Qualifications | ||||
Bachelor of Pharmacy | 43 (68.3) | 20 (31.7) | 10 (15.9) | 53 (84.1) |
Pharm D | 2 (66.7) | 1 (33.3) | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) |
[χ2 = 0.690] | [p = 0.954] | [y = 0.619] | [p = 0.431] | |
Additional Qualifications | ||||
Bachelor of Pharmacy | 43 (68.3) | 20 (31.7) | 10 (15.9) | 53 (84.1) |
Additional qualifications | 21 (63.3) | 12 (36.4) | 3 (9.9) | 30 (90.9) |
[χ2 = 7.976] | [p = 0.240] | [y = 0.254] | [p = 0.615] | |
Years of Practice | ||||
Less than one | 2 (66.7) | 1 (33.3) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (100) |
1-5 | 20 (76.9) | 6 (23.1) | 5 (19.2) | 21 (80.8) |
6-10 | 13 (68.4) | 6 (31.6) | 5 (26.3) | 14 (73.7) |
11-15 | 7 (53.8) | 6 (46.2) | 1 (7.7) | 12 (92.3) |
More than 15 years | 3 (60.0) | 2 (40.0) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (100.0) |
[y = 1.539] | [p = 0.215] | [y = 1.245] | [p = 0.265] | |
Heard of criteria for potentially inappropriate prescribing. | ||||
Yes | 18 (75.0) | 6 (25.0) | 2 (8.3) | 22 (91.7) |
No | 27 (64.3) | 15 (35.7) | 9 (21.4) | 33 (78.6) |
[χ2 = 0.808] | [p = 0.369] | [y = 1.886] | [p = 0.303] | |
Number of Patients above the age of 65 years seen in a day. | ||||
< 10 | 10 (71.4) | 4 (28.6) | 3 (24.1) | 6 (78.6) |
11-20 | 17 (73.9) | 6 (26.1) | 3 (13.0) | 20 (87.0) |
21-30 | 11 (64.7) | 6 (35.3) | 2 (11.8) | 15 (88.2) |
31-40 | 6 (60.0) | 4 (40.0) | 2 (20.0) | 8 (80.0) |
41-50 | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100.0) |
Greater than 50 | 1 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) |
[y = 3.429] | [p = 0.634] | [y = 6.020] | [p = 0.304] | |
Knowledge of Beers’ Criteria | ||||
Poor Knowledge (< 80%) | 7 (15.6) | 38 (84.4) | ||
Good knowledge (> 80%) | 4 (19.0) | 17 (81.0) | ||
[y = 0.126; | p = 0.733] |