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Table 3 Association between sociodemographic and practice variables of the participants and median belief score

From: Community pharmacists’ knowledge, practices and beliefs about complementary and alternative medicine in Palestine: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Frequency (%)

Beliefs score Median [interquartile range]

P-value

Gender

 Male

149 (53.0)

4.00[3.00–5.00]

0.657

 Female

132 (47.0)

4.00[3.00–5.00]

 

Age

 20–29

112 (39.9)

4.00[3.00–5.00]

 

 30–39

76 (27.0)

4.00[3.25–5.00]

 

 40–49

59 (21.0)

4.00[3.00–5.00]

0.242

 50–59

22 (7.8)

4.00[4.00–5.00]

 

  > 60

12 (4.3)

4.00[3.25–4.00]

 

Education level

 Bachelor degree

262 (93.2)

4.00[3.00–500]

0.722

 Master degree

19 (6.8)

4.00[4.00–5.00]

 

University of graduation

 Local

144 (51.2)

4.00[3.00–5.00]

 

 Regional

99 (35.2)

4.00[3.00–5.00]

0.765

 International

38 (13.5)

4.00[4.00–5.00]

 

Experience (Year)

  < 1

15 (5.3)

4.00[4.00–5.00]

 

 1–5

96 (34.2)

4.00[3.00–5.00]

 

 6–10

45 (16.0)

4.00[3.50–5.00]

0.523

 11–15

48 (17.1)

4.00[4.00–5.00]

 

 16–20

32 (11.4)

4.00[3.00–5.00]

 

  > 20

45 (16.0)

4.00[4.00–5.00]

 

Location of the pharmacy

 City

208 (74.0)

4.00[3.00–5.00]

 

 Village

65 (23.1)

4.00[3.00–5.00]

0.331

 Refugee Camp

8 (2.8)

4.00[4.00–5.00]