Table 4 Participants’ Scores on the PC Attitude Scale (n = 1308)
Item | Agree and strongly agree (%) | Mean | S.D |
|---|---|---|---|
1) All pharmacists should perform PC | 70.10 | 3.74 | 0.945 |
2) The primary responsibility of pharmacists in healthcare settings should be to prevent and solve medication-related problems | 73.70 | 3.74 | 0.830 |
3) Pharmacists’ primary responsibility should be to practice PC | 67.00 | 3.61 | 0.893 |
4) Pharmacy students can perform PC during their clerkship | 59.10 | 3.44 | 0.979 |
5) I think the practice of PC is valuable | 95.90 | 4.31 | 0.618 |
6) Providing PC takes too much time and effort [R] | 52.50 | 3.30 | 1.007 |
7) Providing PC is not worth the additional workload that it places on the pharmacist [R] | 15.60 | 2.34 | 0.994 |
8) I would like to perform PC as a pharmacist practitioner | 91.20 | 4.12 | 0.624 |
9) Providing PC is professionally rewarding | 94.80 | 4.21 | 0.587 |
10) I feel that PC is the right direction for the profession to be headed toward | 92.70 | 4.19 | 0.602 |
11) I feel that the PC movement will benefit pharmacists | 86.50 | 4.13 | 0.625 |
12) I feel that the PC movement will improve patient health | 91.90 | 4.16 | 0.610 |
13) I feel that practicing PC would benefit my professional career as a pharmacy practitioner | 95.90 | 4.21 | 0.546 |