Research Article
Herbal Medicines: Personal Use, Knowledge, Attitude, Dispensing Practice, and the Barriers among Community Pharmacists in Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 1
Demographic characteristics (
= 47).
| Variable | (%) |
| Sex | | Female | 16 (34%) | Male | 31 (66%) | Age (year) mean ± SD = 30.7 ± 6.9 | | 23–28 years | 25 (53.2%) | 29–51 years | 22 (46.8%) | Educational level | | Diploma | 20 (42.6%) | B. Pharm | 26 (55.3%) | M.S. | 1 (2.1%) | Work experience in community pharmacy (years) 5.3 ± 3.7 (mean ± SD) | | 1–4 | 25 (53.2%) | 5–16 | 22 (46.8%) | Additional work experience | | Yes | 22 (46.8%) | No | 25 (53.2%) | Pharmacy ownership | | Owner | 19 (40.4%) | Employee | 28 (59.6%) | Attend additional training on herbal medicines | | Yes | 5 (10.6%) | No | 42 (89.4%) | Easily access information regarding herbal medicines | | Yes | 11 (23.4%) | No | 36 (76.6%) | Pharmacists are authorized to dispense herbal medicines | | Yes | 14 (29.8%) | No | 33 (70.2%) | Observed herbal medicines being dispensed outside pharmacies such as in supermarkets | | Yes | 30 (63.8%) | No | 17 (36.2%) | Appropriate to dispense herbal medicines by any person | | Yes | 4 (8.5%) | No | 43 (91.5%) |
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