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