Research Article
Perception of Community Pharmacists towards Dispensing Errors in Community Pharmacy Setting in Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 8
Perceived type of common dispensing errors in community pharmacies
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| Perceived type of common dispensing errors | Independent variables | Sex | Age | Educational level | Work experience | Additional work experience | Pharmacy ownership | Dispensing frequency |
| Dispensing wrong type of drug | P = 0.250 | P = 0.158 | P = 0.358 | P = 0.106 | P = 0.667 | P = 0.339 | P = 0.951 | Dispensing with wrong dosing instruction | P = 0.382 | P = 0.027 | P = 0.110 | P = 0.004 | P = 0.250 | P = 0.008 | P = 0.337 | Dispensing contraindicated drug | P = 0.524 | P = 0.285 | P = 0.928 | P = 0.606 | P = 0.509 | P = 0.846 | P = 0.950 | Dispensing wrong dosage form | P = 0.269 | P = 0.229 | P = 0.549 | P = 0.329 | P = 0.642 | P = 0.668 | P = 0.710 |
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Note. 5 point likert scale (0 = never, 4 = very often), = statistically significant at , Mann-Whitney U test.
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