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Table 5 Multivariable logistic regression of the factors associated with knowledge of CPs

From: Pharmacists as immunizers in Lebanon: a national survey of community pharmacists’ willingness and readiness to administer adult immunization

 

Overall knowledge

P-value

aOR

CI 95%

Poor

Good

n (%)

n (%)

Lower

Upper

Gender

0.089

   

 Male

16 (38.1%)

170 (61.9%)

    

 Female

26 (11.5%)

200 (88.5%)

    

Age (years)

0.023

   

 20–39

15 (5.8%)

242 (94.2%)

Ref

   

 40–49

6 (7.5%)

75 (92.5%)

0.143

0.813

0.765

1.354

 50–59

9 (16.9%)

44 (83.1%)

0.038

0.703

0.598

0.812

 Equal or more than 60

12 (57.1%)

9 (42.9%)

0.021

0.604

0.478

0.756

Profile

0.207

   

 Manager

10 (22.7%)

34 (77.3%)

    

 Staff pharmacist

20 (14.2%)

121 (85.8%)

    

 Owner

12 (5.6%)

215 (94.4%)

    

Educational level

0.012

   

 BS in pharmaceutical sciences

29(12.7%)

200 (87.3%)

Ref

   

 More than BS

13(7.1%)

170 (92.9%)

0.039

1.891

1.598

2.019

Years of experience

0.106

   

 < 5 years

20 (14.6%)

117 (85.4%)

    

 5–10 years

13(13.7%)

82 (86.3%)

    

 More than 10 years

9(5%)

171 (95%)

    

Previous experience in immunization

0.008

   

 No

29 (30.2%)

67 (69.8%)

Ref

   

 Yes

13 (4.1%)

303 (95.9%)

 < 0.001

3.123

2.652

4.161

Geographic location of the pharmacy

 < 0.001

   

 Rural

32 (24.2%)

100 (75.6%)

Ref

   

 Urban

10 (3.6%)

270 (96.4%)

< 0.001

3.64

2.544

4.717

Province (pharmacy)

0.045

   

 Mount-Lebanon

7 (4.5%)

148 (95.5%)

Ref

   

 Beirut

4 (5.5%)

69 (94.5%)

0.165

0.815

0.712

1.103

 Nabatyeh + South

6 (6.4%)

88 (93.6%)

0.112

0.693

0.567

1.012

 Great Bekaa(Baalbeck-Hermel + Bekaa)

11 (26.2%)

31 (73.8%)

0.041

0.185

0.112

0.223

 Great North(Akkar + North)

14 (29.2%)

34 (70.8%)

0.029

0.198

0.143

0.318

Number of hours/week pharmacy is open

0.131

   

 Less than 50 h

5 (27.8%)

13 (72.2%)

    

 50–120 h

29 (8%)

340 (92%)

    

 7 days 24/24

8 (25.8%)

23 (74.2%)

    

Pharmacist’s working hours per week

0.148

   

 Less than 40 h

10 (10.7%)

83 (89.3%)

    

 More than 40 h

32 (10%)

287 (90%)

    
  1. N frequency, % percentage, aOR adjusted odds ratio, 95% CI 95% confidence interval