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Table 2 Association of the knowledge regarding SPs and their indications with the selected demographic variables of retail pharmaceutical outlets dispensers (n = 422)

From: A decade since sulfonamide-based anti-malarial medicines were limited for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria among pregnant women in Tanzania

Knowledge count (%)

p-value

 

Low level

Moderate level

High level

Number of dispensers

Type of health facility

 Pharmacy

54 (29.9%)

45 (24.3%)

86 (46%)

185

0.004

 ADDO shops

98 (41.3%)

65 (27.4%)

74 (31.2%)

237

 

Working experience

 1 year

19 (59%)

6 (18%)

7 (22%)

32

0.032

 2 years

50 (40%)

32 (26%)

40 (33%)

122

 

 3 years and above

83 (31%)

72 (27%)

113 (42%)

268

 

Professional qualification

 Pharmacist

7 (27%)

3 (12%)

16 (61%)

26

0.001

 Pharmaceutical technician

12 (43%)

10 (36%)

6 (21%)

28

 

 Pharmaceutical assistant

9 (38%)

5 (21%)

10 (42%)

24

 

 ADDO trained

47 (37%)

28 (22%)

51 (40%)

126

 

 Nurse officer

21 (23%)

25 (27%)

46 (50%)

92

 

 Nurse assistant

38 (39%)

32 (33%)

27 (28%)

97

 

 Others

18 (62%)

7 (24%)

4 (14%)

29

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