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Table 1 Demographic information relating to pharmacist participants (n = 26)

From: Improving medication dispensing and counselling for patients with vision impairment: a qualitative study of pharmacist-reported barriers and facilitators

Demographic characteristic

Number of respondents in each category (%)

Gender

 Female

8 (30.8)

 Male

18 (69.2)

Pharmacy setting

 Community pharmacy

9 (34.6)

 Chain pharmacy

7 (26.9)

 Independent pharmacy

2 (7.7)

 Governmental hospital pharmacy

17 (65.4)

 Ministry of Health hospitals

6 (23.1)

 Ministry of Education hospitals

4 (15.4)

 Military hospitals

3 (11.5)

 Independent hospitals

4 (15.4)

Pharmacy practice area

 Community pharmacy

9 (34.6)

 Hospital outpatient pharmacy

9 (34.6)

 Clinical pharmacy*

3 (11.5)

 Managerial/supervisory role

5 (19.2)

  1. *Clinical pharmacy: In Saudi Arabia, clinical pharmacists typically work in hospital settings to perform roles such as providing evidence-based medication recommendations, providing counselling to patients and their families, and offering medication information to other health care providers. Clinical pharmacists are required to obtain a postgraduate degree or residency training to practise as such [29]