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Table 3 The Regression Result

From: Association of education background with clinical pharmacists’ clinical pharmacy workload in tertiary hospitals of China

Item

Original Research

The Result of Robustness Test

Coef.

95%CI

p-value

Coef.

95%CI

p-value

Type of lower than bachelor’s degree (ref = none)

 Pharmacy

−2.39

[−5.11,0.33]

0.09*

−2.34

[−4.98,0.30]

0.08*

 Clinical pharmacy

−0.23

[−3.99,3.52]

0.90

−1.41

[−5.26,2.44]

0.47

 Chinese materia medica

−3.53

[−11.64,4.58]

0.39

−3.15

[− 12.56,6.27]

0.53

 Other pharmacy

−0.58

[−7.91,6.75]

0.88

−0.64

[−6.77,5.50]

0.84

 Clinical medicine

 Other medical specialties

 Other

5.40

[1.35,9.45]

0.01***

4.46

[0.41,8.51]

0.03**

Type of bachelor’s degree (ref = none)

 Pharmacy

0.93

[−0.91,2.77]

0.32

0.66

[−1.21,2.54]

0.49

 Clinical pharmacy

1.18

[−1.04,3.41]

0.30

1.13

[−1.11,3.37]

0.32

 Chinese materia medica

0.16

[−5.57,4.89]

0.95

0.32

[−4.06,4.70]

0.89

 Other pharmacy

−0.08

[−2.36,2.20]

0.95

0.08

[−2.32,2.40]

0.94

 Clinical medicine

−0.23

[−2.60,2.14]

0.85

−0.09

[−2.51,2.33]

0.94

 Other medical specialties

0.55

[−11.31,12.41]

0.93

−0.08

[−9.7,9.55]

0.99

 Other

1.35

[−3.67,6.16]

0.62

1.68

[−2.77,6.13]

0.46

Type of master’s degree (ref = none)

 Pharmacy

−1.10

[−2.69,0.48]

0.17

−1.14

[−2.76,0.47]

0.16

 Clinical pharmacy

0.45

[−1.59,2.49]

0.67

0.31

[−1.55,2.17]

0.74

 Chinese materia medica

1.96

[−2.52,6.44]

0.39

1.70

[−2.47,5.87]

0.42

 Other pharmacy

0.38

[−1.10,1.87]

0.61

0.16

[−1.28,1.60]

0.82

 Clinical medicine

1.30

[−1.69,4.30]

0.39

1.59

[−0.98,4.16]

0.23

 Other medical specialties

−8.61

[−20.61,3.39]

0.16

−6.82

[−16.58,2.95]

0.17

 Other

Type of doctoral degree (ref = none)

 Pharmacy

1.17

[−2.57,4.91]

0.54

1.98

[−1.82,5.78]

0.31

 Clinical pharmacy

7.30

[2.73,11.87]

0.00***

6.30

[2.09,10.51]

0.00***

 Chinese materia medica

 Other pharmacy

1.95

[−4.83,8.72]

0.57

2.35

[−4.19,8.90]

0.48

 Clinical medicine

 Other medical specialties

 Other

Qualifications of practice (ref = not obtained)

 National-level specialized training

2.42

[1.04,3.80]

0.00***

2.56

[1.25,3.87]

0.00***

 National-level general training

0.35

[−1.08,1.78]

0.63

0.34

[−1.01,1.69]

0.62

 Province-level specialized training

1.19

[−0.17,2.54]

0.09*

1.33

[0.06,2.60]

0.04*

 Province-level general training

0.84

[−0.72,2.39]

0.29

1.24

[−0.26,2.74]

0.10

Training experience(ref = not acquired)

 Certificate of completion of clinical pharmacist training from the Ministry of Health

0.03

[−1.51,1.58]

0.96

−0.27

[− 1.75,1.21]

0.72

 Advanced training certificate of clinical pharmacist

−0.24

[−1.80,1.33]

0.77

−0.38

[−1.89,1.12]

0.62

 Certificate of training faculty of clinical pharmacist of National Health and Family Planning Commission

0.64

[−0.89,2.16]

0.41

0.19

[−1.25,1.64]

0.79

 Overseas training for clinical pharmacist

1.67

[−1.80,5.14]

0.34

1.29

[−2.27,4.85]

0.48

 Other training

−0.87

[−3.01,1.26]

0.42

−1.12

[−3.16,0.92]

0.28

Gender(ref = male)

 Female

−0.35

[−1.45,0.75]

0.54

−0.34

[−1.41,0.73]

0.53

Age

−0.04

[−0.18,0.10]

0.60

−0.03

[− 0.17,0.10]

0.66

Marital status(ref = unmarried)

 Married

−0.27

[−1.86,1.33]

0.74

−0.33

[−1.83,1.17]

0.67

 Other (divorced, window, etc.)

−1.00

[−8.12,6.11]

0.78

−0.21

[−6.64,6.21]

0.95

Years of practice

0.04

[−0.09,0.16]

0.56

0.02

[−0.1,0.13]

0.80

Technical titles (ref = junior title)

 Intermediate title

0.35

[−1.00,1.70]

0.61

0.48

[−0.85,1.81]

0.48

 Deputy senior title

1.03

[−0.99,3.05]

0.32

1.28

[−0.68,3.25]

0.20

 Senior title

0.47

[−4.25,5.20]

0.84

1.03

[−3.83,5.88]

0.68

Specialized field (ref = unengaged)

 Anti-infectives

0.85

[−0.45,2.15]

0.20

0.77

[−0.50,2.03]

0.23

 Cardiology

−0.01

[−1.57,1.56]

0.99

−0.17

[− 1.69,1.34]

0.82

 Respiratory medicine

1.63

[0.08,3.17]

0.04**

1.37

[−0.06,2.81]

0.06*

 Gastroenterology

1.35

[−0.24,2.94]

0.10*

0.87

[−0.68,2.42]

0.27

 Nephrology

3.10

[1.13,5.07]

0.00***

3.30

[1.59,5.01]

0.00***

 Oncology

0.16

[−1.4,1.72]

0.84

0.15

[−1.37,1.68]

0.84

 Organ Transplantation

−1.86

[−5.57,1.85]

0.33

−1.4

[−5.67,2.88]

0.52

 ICU

0.77

[−0.97,2.50]

0.39

0.92

[− 0.84,2.68]

0.30

 Endocrinology

−0.15

[−2.12,1.82]

0.88

0.33

[−1.59,2.25]

0.74

 Neurology

1.12

[−0.80,3.03]

0.25

1.08

[−0.70,2.87]

0.23

 Other

0.58

[−0.99,2.16]

0.47

0.01

[−1.58,1.60]

0.99

Type of hospital (ref = general hospital)

 Specialized hospital

−1.90

[−4.93,1.13]

0.22

−1.48

[−4.43,1.46]

0.32

 Traditional Chinese medicine hospital

−0.52

[−1.88,0.84]

0.45

−0.69

[−2.03,0.66]

0.32

 Other

−1.19

[−4.67,2.29]

0.45

−0.69

[−2.03,0.66]

0.32

Constant

43.10

[38.47,47.72]

0.00***

45.62

[41.16,50.08]

0.00***

I am satisfied with my job (ref = agree)

 somewhat agree

   

−2.95

[−3.97,-1.92]

0.00***

 somewhat disagree

   

−5.93

[−8.82,-3.05]

0.00***

 disagree

   

1.17

[− 3.73,6.08]

0.64

  1. *p < .1, **p < .05, ***p < .01