Experience and attitudes of pharmacists towards challenges and adaptive measures to new norm in ward pharmacy practice during the COVID-19 pandemic

Table 6 Multivariate logistics regression for significant factors associated with perceived challenging experience and attitude scores (n = 175)

Variable	Perceived challenging experience scores			Attitudes scores
	Nagelkerke R² = 0.072, Hosmer and Lemeshow test = 0.897, classification table = 59.4%			Nagelkerke R² = 0.192, Hosmer and Lemeshow test = 0.336, classification table = 64.0%
	Adjusted odd ratios (β)	Confidence interval	P	Adjusted odd ratios (β)	Confidence interval	P
Age
21–30
31–50
Gender
Female	Ref
Male	2.632	1.124–6.161	0.026
Ethnicity
Malay
Chinese
Indian
Education
Bachelor’s degree	Ref			Ref
Master’s degree	2.792	0.945–8.246	0.063	8.558	1.741–42.069	0.008
Employment type
Trainee				Ref
Contract-based FRP				3.209	1.297–7.937	0.012
Permanent-based FRP				2.923	1.026–8.325	0.045
Wards covered
COVID-19 & non COVID-19
Non COVID-19
PhIS type
Full based				Ref
Pharmacy based				2.565	1.318–4.990	0.006
Duration of service
< 1 year				Ref
1–5 years				2.623	1.133–6.073	0.024
6–10 years				9.553	2.391–38.166	0.001
11–15 years				11.861	2.014–69.847	0.006

Backward stepwise multiple logistic regression analysis. FRP: Fully registered pharmacist. PhIS: Pharmacy Information System. Full based: Medication prescribed by doctors was directly entered into the PhIS system. Pharmacy based: Pharmacists manually transcribed prescriptions written by doctors into the PhIS system

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