Knowledge and Practice of Breast Cancer Screening Methods among Female Community Pharmacists in Jordan: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 4
Association of knowledge of breast cancer with demographic and practice characteristics among community pharmacists.
Characteristics
Knowledge of signs and symptoms
Knowledge of risk factors
Knowledge of screening guidelines
Poor ()
Acceptable ()
value
Poor ()
Acceptable ()
value
Poor ()
Acceptable ()
value
Marital status
0.828
0.245
0.833
Single
85 (27.6)
223 (72.4)
95 (31.8)
204 (68.2)
90 (28.8)
222 (71.2)
Married
57 (25.3)
168 (74.7)
54 (24.3)
168 (75.7)
65 (28.8)
161 (71.2)
Divorced
1 (14.3)
6 (85.7)
3 (42.9)
4 (57.1)
2 (28.6)
5 (71.4)
Widowed
1 (25.0)
3 (75.0)
1 (33.3)
2 (66.7)
2 (50.0)
2 (50.0)
Geographic area
0.079
0.021
0.028
North
82 (30.7)
185 (69.3)
84 (31.9)
179 (68.1)
91 (33.8)
178 (66.2)
Middle
55 (22.0)
195 (78.0)
67 (27.9)
173 (72.1)
59 (23.3)
194 (76.7)
South
7 (25.0)
21 (75.0)
2 (7.1)
26 (92.9)
9 (32.1)
19 (67.9)
Menopausal status
0.357
0.765
0.633
Premenopausal
142 (26.8)
388 (73.2)
150 (29.0)
368 (71.0)
156 (29.2)
379 (70.8)
Postmenopausal
2 (15.4)
11 (84.6)
3 (25.0)
9 (75.0)
3 (23.1)
10 (76.9)
Personal history of breast cancer
0.048
0.087
0.369
Yes
2 (8.7)
21 (91.3)
3 (13.0)
20 (87.0)
5 (20.8)
19 (79.2)
No
142 (27.3)
379 (72.7)
150 (29.6)
357 (70.4)
154 (29.3)
371 (70.7)
Educational level
0.446
0.003
0.317
BPharm
131 (27.0)
355 (73.0)
147 (31.1)
326 (68.9)
143 (29.2)
347 (70.8)
PharmD
8 (18.6)
35 (81.4)
3 (7.1)
39 (92.9)
14 (31.8)
30 (68.2)
Graduate degree
5 (31.3)
11 (68.8)
3 (18.8)
13 (81.3)
2 (12.5)
14 (87.5)
Place of graduation
0.746
0.471
0.128
Public
96 (27.5)
253 (72.5)
93 (27.2)
249 (72.8)
111 (31.4)
242 (68.6)
Private
45 (24.6)
138 (75.4)
57 (32.2)
120 (67.8)
47 (25.7)
136 (74.3)
Overseas
3 (30.0)
7 (70.0)
3 (33.3)
6 (66.7)
1 (9.1)
10 (90.9)
Description of practice
0.435
0.046
0.954
Staff pharmacist
86 (27.6)
226 (72.4)
85 (28.3)
215 (71.7)
93 (29.3)
224 (70.7)
Pharmacist in charge
50 (26.0)
142 (74.0)
63 (33.0)
128 (67.0)
54 (28.1)
138 (71.9)
Owner
7 (17.9)
32 (82.1)
5 (13.2)
33 (86.8)
11 (28.2)
28 (71.8)
CEU
0.981
0.121
0.336
Never
108 (26.0)
307 (74.0)
117 (29.0)
286 (71.0)
128 (30.7)
289 (69.3)
1
27 (27.3)
72 (72.7)
23 (23.2)
76 (76.8)
23 (22.5)
79 (77.5)
2
7 (29.2)
17 (70.8)
10 (41.7)
14 (58.3)
7 (29.2)
17 (70.8)
>2
2 (28.6)
5 (71.4)
3 (60.0)
2 (40.0)
1 (14.3)
6 (85.7)
Data presented as (%). Indicates statistical significance at . BPharm: Bachelor’s in Pharmacy; CEU: continuing education unit; PharmD: Doctor of Pharmacy degree.
