Pharmacists’ Knowledge and Practice of Issues Related to Using Psychotropic Medication in Elderly People in Ethiopia: A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

Association between sociodemographic characteristics and knowledge level of pharmacy personnel toward psychotropic medication used in elderly people, Gondar, Ethiopia, April 2020, .

Variable	Total knowledge score
	Good knowledge	Poor knowledge	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	value
Age					0.245
<30	28	45	1	1
30-40	38	27	1.607 (0.303-8.524)	0.249 (0.28-2.217)
>40	3	3	0.711 (0.133-3.792)	0.700 (0.104-4.694)
Marital status					0.348
Single	23	44	1	1
Married	46	31	2.839 (1.439-5.601)	1.493 (0.647-3.447)
Level of education					0.656
Pharmacy technician	27	50	1	1
B. Pharm	42	25	3.111 (1.574-6.149)	1.245 (0.475-3.268)
Graduated college					0.555
Government	48	35	1	1
Private	21	40	0.383 (0.193-0.759)	0.775 (0.332-1.809)
Work experience					0.029
<5 years	25	51	1	1
≥5 years	44	24	3.740 (1.876-7.456)	4.173 (1.156-15.062)
Monthly income (birr)					0.046
<5000	24	54	1	1
≥5000	45	21	4.821 (2.378-9.775)	2.763 (1.020-7.487)
Practice setting					0.133
Hospital	36	24	3.429 (1.227-9.579)	2.750 (0.850-8.897)
Health center	7	16	2.019 (0.979-4.165)	0.857 (0.336-2.184)
Community pharmacy	26	35	1	1

Constant, significant.