Enhanced knowledge of spontaneous reporting with structured educational programs in Korean community pharmacists: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Characteristics of the pharmacists and knowledge contents by types of educational activities

Characteristics	Personally accessed educational resource group^a (n = 283)	Structured education group^b (n = 335)	Combination group^c (n = 148)	p value^*	Post hoc^†
Characteristics
Age, mean (SD)	44.4 (11.0)	45.0 (10.4)	48.1 (10.7)	0.012	c > a,b
Career in community pharmacy, mean (SD)	15.6 (10.6)	15.2 (10.4)	18.2 (10.4)	0.014	c > a,b
Male, n (%)	115 (40.8)	135 (40.8)	70 (47.6)	0.321
Metropolitan area, n (%)	165 (58.5)	211 (63.0)	97 (65.5)	0.306
SR Knowledge contents
Knowledge of RPVC-KPA^‡, n (%)	202 (71.9)	272 (81.7)	122 (84.1)	0.002	b,c > a
Knowledge on related laws^‡, n (%)	74 (26.3)	138 (41.3)	69 (46.6)	<0.001	b,c > a
Knowledge on reportable items^‡, n (%)	91 (32.2)	135 (40.5)	59 (39.9)	0.078

Abbreviations ADR Adverse drug reaction, SR spontaneous reporting, RPVC-KPA Regional Pharmacovigilance Center at the Korean Pharmaceutical Association
^aPersonally accessed educational resource group (n = 283)
^bStructured education group (n = 335)
^cCombination group (n = 148)
^*Analysis of variance test or chi-squared test among the three groups
^†Bonferroni correction with student’s t-test or chi-squared test
^‡The number of pharmacists who reported their knowledge on each knowledge content area

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