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Table 1 Participant socio-demographic and professional characteristics

From: Assessment of an intensive education program for pharmacists on treatment of tobacco use disorder using an objective structured clinical examination: a randomized controlled trial

 

Intervention group n = 57

Control group n = 37

p-value

N (%)

N (%)

 

Gender

Male

32 (56.1)

15 (44.1)

0.267

Female

25 (43.9)

19 (55.9)

Mean Age (SDa)

35.9 years (6.5)

34.9 years (6.0)

0.482

Country of origin

Egypt

23 (40.3)

13 (39.4)

0.276

India

13 (22.8)

14 (42.4)

Palestine

0 (0)

1 (3.1)

Philippines

10 (17.5)

4 (12.1)

Sudan

5 (8.8)

1 (3)

Syria

1 (1.8)

0 (0)

Nepal

2 (3.5%)

0 (0)

Pakistan

3 (5.3%)

0 (0)

Highest pharmacy academic qualification

B.Pharm/BSc Pha

48 (85.7)

26 (76.4)

0.606

MPharm

5 (8.9)

4 (11.8)

MSc/MPhil/PharmD

2 (3.6)

2 (5.9)

Ph.D

1 (1.8)

2 (5.9)

Country from which the highest pharmacy degree was obtained

Qatar

0 (0)

1 (2.9)

0.224

Egypt

23 (40.3)

12 (34.2)

India

13 (22.8)

14 (40)

Jordan

1 (1.8)

1 (2.9)

Philippines

10 (17.5)

5 (14.2)

Sudan

5 (8.8)

1 (2.9)

Syria

1 (1.8)

0 (0)

Pakistan

4 (7)

0 (0)

Australia

0 (0)

1 (2.9)

Countries where the pharmacists practiced before moving to Qatar

Egypt

23 (40.4)

14 (37.8)

0.808

India

13 (22.8)

14 (37.8)

0.116

Philippines

10 (17.5)

5 (13.5)

0.602

Sudan

6 (10.5)

1 (2.7)

0.239

Saudi Arabia

5 (8.8)

2 (5.4)

0.7

United Arab Emirates (UAE)

1 (1.8)

1 (2.7)

1

No previous practice

0 (0)

2 (5.4%)

0.152

Pakistan

3 (5.3)

0 (0)

0.276

Nepal

2 (3.5)

0 (0)

0.518

Years of practicing as a pharmacist in Qatar

Less than 5 years

27 (48.2)

18 (51.4)

0.724

5–10 years

24 (42.9)

13 (37.1)

11–15 years

5 (8.9)

3 (8.6)

More than 16 years

0 (0)

1 (2.9)

Pharmacists’ position in the pharmacy

Pharmacist in training

1 (1.8)

1 (2.9)

0.226

Staff pharmacist

36 (63.2)

16 (45.7)

Pharmacy supervisor

9 (15.8)

5 (14.3)

Pharmacy manager

11 (19.3)

12 (34.2)

Senior pharmacist

0 (0)

1 (2.9)

  1. aStandard Deviation