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

Table 3

Attitude of pharmacists’ toward pharmaceutical care in Eastern Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 78).

No	Attitude Assessment Question	n (%)
		Strongly agree	Agree	Neutral	Disagree	Strongly disagree
1	All pharmacists should provide PC services	46 (59.0)	24 (30.8)	3 (3.8)	3 (3.8)	2 (2.6)
2	Pharmacists have the knowledge and skills necessary to provide PC	55 (70.5)	19 (24.4)	2 (2.6)	0 (0)	2 (2.6)
3	Providing PC requires a special area to interview patients and advise them	54 (69.2)	15 (19.2)	6 (7.7)	0 (0)	3 (3.8)
4	Providing PC will negatively affect the relationship between the pharmacist and the physician	7 (9)	15 (19.2)	8 (10.3)	15 (19.2)	33 (44.3)
5	Providing PC will increase the patients’ confidence in the profession	63 (80.8)	13 (16.7)	1 (1.3)	1 (1.3)	0 (0)
6	PC is not the pharmacists’ duty; hence, there is no need for pharmacists’ involvement	3 (3.8)	4 (5.1)	4 (5.1)	10 (12.8)	57 (73.1)
7	PC is the pharmacists’ duty, but it cannot be practiced feasibly	18 (23.1)	25 (32.1)	14 (17.9)	9 (11.5)	12 (15.4)
8	Pharmacists’ opinions must be taken when establishing standards of PC in modification of related law	60 (76.9)	13 (16.7)	4 (5.1)	1 (1.3)	0 (0)
9	Providing PC is the duty of hospital pharmacists only	4 (5.1)	10 (12.8)	10 (12.8)	11 (14.1)	43 (55.1)
10	Increasing graduates of the new patient-oriented pharmacy curriculum in Ethiopia is a threat for the former pharmacy graduates	21 (26.9)	10 (12.8)	16 (20.5)	2 (2.6)	29 (37.2)