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Table 3 Attitude of respondents towards patient education in hypertension

From: Study of knowledge, attitude and practice regarding patient education in hypertension among community pharmacists in China

Item

Completely agree n(%)

Agree n(%)

Disagree n(%)

Completely disagree n(%)

chi-square test (p value)

Have you studied the GHEC

Have you received training for pharmacists on patient education in hypertension

[1] Community pharmacists play an important role in the patient education in hypertension

43

(39.8%)

6

(55.6%)

5

(4.6%)

0

(0.0%)

2.860

(0.239)

3.298

(0.192)

[2] Patient education in hypertension can effectively help patients obtain the knowledge of hypertension and medicine

54

(50.0%)

53

(49.1%)

1

(0.9%)

0

(0.0%)

2.316a

(0.332)

1.441a

(0.569)

[3] Patient education in hypertension can effectively improve medication compliance of patients

56

(51.9%)

51

(47.2%)

1

(0.9%)

0

(0.0%)

2.574a

(0.247)

5.633a

(0.038)

[4] Patient education in hypertension can effectively improve patients’ health-related behaviors

52

(48.1%)

56

(51.9%)

0

(0.0%)

0

(0.0%)

1.671

(0.196)

0.209

(0.647)

[5] Patient education in hypertension can help control BP of patients

49

(45.4%)

58

(53.7%)

1

(0.9%)

0

(0.0%)

2.052a

(0.383)

1.874a

(0.491)

  1. aFisher exact test
  2. bold figures: p<0.05