Research Article
Knowledge and Practice of Breast Cancer Screening Methods among Female Community Pharmacists in Jordan: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Demographic and practice characteristics of pharmacists.
| | Characteristic | (%) |
| | Marital status | | Single | 312 (56.7) | | Married | 227 (41.3) | | Divorced | 7 (1.3) | | Widowed | 4 (0.7) | | Geographic area | | North Jordan | 269 (48.8) | | Middle Jordan | 254 (46.1) | | South Jordan | 28 (5.1) | | Educational level | | BPharm | 491 (89.1) | | PharmD | 44 (8.0) | | Graduate degree | 16 (2.9) | | Place of graduation | | Public | 353 (64.3) | | Private | 184 (33.6) | | Overseas | 11 (2.0) | | Type of pharmacy | | Chain | 167 (30.5) | | Independent | 381 (69.5) | | Description of practice | | Staff pharmacist | 317 (57.7) | | Pharmacist in charge | 193 (35.2) | | Owner | 39 (7.1) | | Menopausal status | | Premenopausal | 536 (97.6) | | Postmenopausal | 13 (2.4) | | Smoking status | | Current | 30 (5.5) | | Past | 9 (1.6) | | Never | 511 (92.9) | | Personal history of breast cancer | | Yes | 24 (4.4) | | No | 526 (95.6) | | Family history of breast cancer | | Yes | 78 (14.2) | | No | 469 (85.1) | | I do not know | 4 (0.7) | | Personal monthly income | | <500 JD | 408 (75.6) | | 500–1000 JD | 125 (23.1) | | >1000 JD | 7 (1.3) | | Oncology education in the undergraduate degree | | Adequate | 65 (11.8) | | Fair | 201 (36.5) | | Inadequate | 284 (51.6) | | Attendance of continuing education events related to cancer awareness in the last two years | | None | 418 (75.9) | | 1 CEU | 102 (18.5) | | 2 CEUs | 24 (4.4) | | >2 CEUs | 7 (1.3) |
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BPharm: Bachelor’s in Pharmacy; CEU: Continuing education unit; PharmD: Doctor of Pharmacy degree.
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