Readiness of Community Pharmacists to Play a Supportive and Advocacy Role in the Fight Against Corona Virus Disease

Figures & data

Table 1 Demographic Characteristic of the Sampled Population

Descriptive Characteristics of the Respondents
AGE
Particulars		Frequency	Percent
22–34 years		856	78.0
35–44 years		218	19.9
45–54 years		23	2.1
GENDER
Female		36	3.3
Male		1061	96.7
WORK LOCATION
		Frequency	Percent
In a city		1006	91.7
In a village		91	8.3
QUALIFICATION
Bachelor		978	89.2
Diploma		6	0.5
fellowship or residency program		1	0.1
Masters		9	0.8
Pharm.D		103	9.4
WORKING REGION
Central region		261	23.8
Eastern region		105	9.6
Northern region		104	9.5
Southern region		210	19.1
Western region		417	38.0
BOARD CERTIFICATION
No		823	75.0
Yes		274	25.0
PRESENT PROFESSIONAL LEVEL
Consultant pharmacist		26	2.4
Pharmacist		781	71.2
Senior pharmacist		289	26.3
Technician		1	0.1
MARITAL STATUS
Married		831	75.8
Single		261	23.8
NATIONALITY
Non-Saudi		1018	92.8
Saudi		79	7.2

Figure 1 A comparative view of the practice of community pharmacist in KSA in the wake of COVID-19.

Figure 2 Measuring temperatures.

Figure 3 Working hours.

Table 2 Descriptive Statistics on Community Pharmacist Attitudes in the Wake of COVID 19

Statistics
	Perception on job satisfaction		Interaction with patients/customer		Perception on information about COVID-19		Perception on counselling
N	1097		1097		1097		1097
Mean	4.08		3.78		3.91		4.01
		Percent		Percent		Percent		Percent
Very dissatisfied		2.0	I do not	0.3	Not at all	0.5	Not important at all	2.1
Dissatisfied		3.3	Rarely	3.2	No	6.2	Not important	2.0
Not Sure		16.1	Frequently	22.0	Not sure	12.3	Average important	9.0
satisfied		41.8	Very Frequent	74.6	Yes	81.0	Important	34.4
Very Satisfied		36.8					Very important	52.5

Table 3 Readiness for Community Pharmacists to Play a Supportive Role During COVID-19

Readiness of Community Pharmacists
		Pharmacy equipped with enough supply of the following products [Alcohol swab]		Pharmacy providing hand sanitizer for customers		Pharmacy having a self-protective window that is set at the OTC counter
N		1097		1097		1097
		Percent		Percent		Percent
	Always	80.9	Always	93.3	No	16.2
	Most of times	8.5	Never	0.2	Yes	83.8
	Never	1.4	Rarely	0.3
	Rarely	1.4	Sometimes	2.6
	Sometimes	7.8	Very Often	3.6

Figure 4 Training on COVID-19.

Figure 5 COVID-19 information.

Table 4 Knowledge on COVID-19

Knowledge Parameters	Particulars	Percent
Reducing the risk of infection transmission	Hand hygiene	0
	Covering the nose and mouth when coughing	0
	Avoiding sick contacts	0.1
	All of the above	99.9
Current Treatment for COVID-19	Supportive care	62
	Antiviral therapy	21
	Vaccination	17
	None of the above	0
Complications associated with COVID-19	Pneumonia	0
	Respiratory failure	98.8
	Death	0
	All the above	1.2
Not a Symptom of COVID-19	Headache	0
	Fever	0
	Cough	0
	Sore throat and runny nose	0
	Skin rash	100

Table 5 One Way ANOVA Test

ANOVA
Preparedness to Fight COVID-19
	Sum of Squares	df	Mean Square	Sig.
Between Groups	90.307	3	30.102	0.000
Within Groups	825.472	1093	0.755
Total	915.779	1096