Knowledge of pharmacy workers on antihypertensive and anticonvulsant drugs for managing pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in Bangladesh

Table 3 Pharmacy workers’ knowledge on antihypertensive and anticonvulsant drug by demographic and employment characteristics

Variables	Knowledge on antihypertensive					Knowledge on anticonvulsant
	Poor (n = 297)		Correct (n = 85)		P-value	Poor (n = 314)		Correct (n = 68)		P-value
	n	%	n	%		n	%	n	%
Sex					0.919^a					0.09^a
Male	246	77.8	70	22.2		255	80.7	61	19.3
Female	51	77.3	15	22.7		59	89.4	7	10.6
Age (year)					0.396^a					0.38^a
< 30	56	81.2	13	18.8		59	85.5	10	14.5
30–39	92	80.7	22	19.3		96	84.2	18	15.8
40–49	63	71.6	25	28.4		67	76.1	21	23.9
> =50	86	77.5	25	22.5		92	82.9	19	17.1
Type of medical drug store					< 0.001^b					0.07^b
Public (n = 143)
District Hospital /MCWC	4	50.0	4	50.0		6	75.0	2	25.0
UHC	16	76.2	5	23.8		16	76.2	5	23.8
UH&FWC	72	63.2	42	36.8		86	75.4	28	24.6
Private (n = 239)
Private pharmacies/ drug stores	205	85.8	34	14.2		206	86.2	33	13.8
District/ geographical distribution					0.01^a					< 0.001^a
Comilla	98	79.0	26	21.0		105	84.7	19	15.3
Rangpur	51	63.8	29	36.2		67	83.8	13	16.3
Tangail	75	83.3	15	16.7		62	68.9	28	31.1
Bhola	73	82.9	15	17.1		80	90.9	8	9.1
Title of pharmacy worker					< 0.001^b					0.09^b
Public
Pharmacist	20	71.4	8	28.6		21	75.0	7	25.0
Service providers (FWV/SACMO) additionally, work in pharmacy	62	60.2	41	39.8		77	74.8	26	25.2
Drug store keeper	10	83.3	2	16.7		10	83.3	2	16.7
Private
Drug seller/ store manager	34	91.9	3	8.1		33	89.2	4	10.8
Drug store owner	171	84.7	32	15.3		173	85.6	29	14.4
Years’ experience					0.59^b					0.36^b
Less than 1 year	11	73.3	4	26.7		12	80.0	3	20.0
1–5 years	71	81.6	16	18.4		76	87.4	11	12.6
More than 5	215	76.8	65	23.2		226	80.7	54	19.3
Received any basic medical training					0.32^a					0.003^a
No	75	81.5	17	18.5		85	92.4	7	7.6
Yes	222	76.5	68	23.5		229	78.9	61	21.1

Note: a: Chi-square test and b: Fisher exact test: FWV Family Welfare Visitor, SACMO Sub Assistant Community Medical Officer, MCWC Maternal and Child Welfare Center, UHC Upazila Health Complex, UH&FWC Union Health and Family Welfare Center

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