Assessment of Knowledge and Attitude among Pharmacists toward Pharmaceutical Care in Eastern Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of pharmacists in Eastern Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 78).

Variables	Frequency	(%)
Age
≥30	35	44.9
<30	43	55.1
Gender
Male	65	88.3
Female	13	16.7
Religion
Christian	52	66.7
Muslim	26	33.3
Current marital status
Single	48	61.5
Married	30	38.5
Ethnicity
Amhara	36	46.2
Oromo	33	42.3
Harari	5	6.4
Others^#	4	5.1
Training status
B.Pharm with old curriculum	43	55.1
B.Pharm with new clinical oriented curriculum and others	35	44.9
Year of experience (in years)
<5	49	62.8
6–10	18	23.1
≥10	11	14.1
Practice setting
Community pharmacy	34	43.6
Hospital pharmacy	44	56.4

^#Guragae (2) and Somali (2). Including B.Pharm with old curriculum plus 1 month in-service and MSc in clinical pharmacy.