Perception of Community Pharmacists towards Dispensing Errors in Community Pharmacy Setting in Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 1

Demographic characteristics and additional responses .

Variables	(%)
Sex
Female	15 (31.9)
Male	32 (68.1)
Age in year (mean = 30.6, SD = 6.9)
23–28	26 (55.3)
29–51	21 (44.7)
Educational level
Diploma	22 (46.8)
BPharm	24 (51.1)
MSc	1 (2.1)
Work experience in community pharmacy (year); (mean = 5.2, SD = 3.6)
1–4 year	25 (53.2)
5–16 year	22 (46.8)
Additional work experience
Yes	23 (48.9)
No	24 (51.1)
Pharmacy ownership
Owner	19 (40.4)
Employee	28 (59.6)
Frequency of participating in dispensing within a week
≤5 days/week	13 (27.7)
≥6 days/week	34 (72.3)
Opinions on whether the risk of dispensing errors is increasing.
No	26 (55.3)
Yes	21 (44.7)
Opinions whether the actual errors in dispensing are becoming more common
No	27 (57.4)
Yes	20 (42.6)