Table 4 Total score of pharmacy students’ perception of pharmacists in vision impairment (Sec. 3) classified into specific roles
Roles of pharmacists (12 items) | Mean Score on 1–5 scale ± SD 1 = Strongly Disagree 5 = Strongly Agree | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Pre - intervention | Post - intervention | ||
Provision of information | |||
Demonstrating the use of eye drops | 4.61 ± 0.61 | 4.48 ± 0.65 | 0.028 |
Modify counselling | 4.36 ± 0.88 | 4.46 ± 0.74 | 0.102 |
Use of assistive technology | 4.10 ± 0.84 | 4.24 ± 0.73 | 0.028 |
Should use simple languagea | 3.67 ± 1.15 | 3.68 ± 1.17 | 0.802 |
Direct counselling to the carera | 3.59 ± 0.94 | 3.46 ± 1.01 | 0.195 |
Monitoring | |||
Screening | 4.07 ± 0.90 | 4.16 ± 0.82 | 0.278 |
Facilitating self-management | 3.95 ± 0.77 | 4.07 ± 0.83 | 0.050 |
Management | |||
Provide accessible interface points | 4.50 ± 0.66 | 4.51 ± 0.64 | 0.918 |
Provide staff training | 4.30 ± 0.88 | 4.32 ± 0.71 | 0.853 |
Should not provide specialised assistancea | 4.13 ± 0.80 | 3.89 ± 1.00 | 0.006 |
Vigilant | |||
Identify a person with vision impairment based on obvious visual factors e.g. a guide doga | 3.30 ± 1.05 | 2.99 ± 1.10 | 0.001 |
Finding that people with vision impairment are difficult to deal witha | 3.63 ± 0.99 | 3.52 ± 0.96 | 0.228 |
Total perception score (score range 12–60) | 41.54 ± 5.26 | 42.45 ± 4.95 | 0.004 |