Table 5 Factors Associated with Knowledge (on Beers’ Criteria) and Practice of Community Pharmacists to prevent potentially inappropriate medications use among elderly (n = 109)

Qualifications

Bachelor of pharmacy

61 (57.7)

41 (42.3)

25 (23.7)

77 (76.3)

Other qualifications

3 (42.9)

4 (57.1)

2 (28.6)

5 (71.4)

[χ² = 0.776, C = 0.003, p = 0.378]

[χ² = 0.058, C = 0.081, p = 0.810]

Years of practice

Less than one

35 (58.9)

23 (41.1)

14 (25.0)

44 (75.0)

1–5

27 (61.5)

15 (38.5)

11 (23.1)

31 (76.9)

6–10

1 (20.0)

4 (80.0)

2 (40.0)

3 (60.0)

11–15

0(0.0)

1 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (100.0)

More than 15 years

1 (33.3)

2 (66.7)

0 (0.0)

3 (100.0)

[χ² = 5.912, C = 0.155, p = 0.206]

[χ² = 1.997, C = 0.133, p = 0.736]

Heard of Beers’ criteria

Yes

10 (47.6)

11 (52.4)

0 (0.0)

21 (100.0)

No

54 (59.0)

34 (41.0)

27 (30.1)

61 (69.9)

[χ² = 1.321, C = 0.006, p = 0.250]

[χ² = 8.565, C = 0.134, p = 0.003]

Heard of STOPP and START criteria

Yes

5 (40.0)

6 (60.0)

2 (10.0)

9 (90.0)

No

59 (58.5)

39 (41.5)

25 (25.5)

73 (74.5)

[χ² = 0.888, C = 0.015, p = 0.346]

[χ² = 0.285, C = 0.043, p = 0.593]

Heard of medication appropriateness index criteria

Yes

11 (50.0)

7 (50.0)

4 (22.2)

14 (77.8)

No

53 (40.7)

38 (59.3)

23 (24.4)

68 (75.6)

[χ² = 0.051, C = 0.071, p = 0.821]

[χ² = 0.075, C = 0.021, p = 0.784]

Number of patients above the age of 65 years seen in a day

1–20

56 (55.4)

41 (44.6)

25 (25.0)

72 (75.0)

21–40

7 (87.5)

1 (12.5)

1 (12.5)

7 (87.5)

41–50

1 (50.0)

1 (50.0)

1 (50.0)

1 (50.0)

51–60

0(0.0)

1 (100.0)

0(0.0)

1 (100.0)

Greater than 60

0(0.0)

1(100.0)

0(0.0)

1(100.0)

[χ² = 5.680, C = 0.293, p = 0.224]

[χ² = 2.040, C = 0.097, p = 0.728]

Knowledge of beers criteria

Poor knowledge (< 80%)

17 (25.4)

47 (74.6)

Good knowledge (> 80%)

10 (22.2)

35 (77.8)

[χ² = 0.267

p = 0.605]