ISSN 0377-9556 (PRINT)
ISSN 2383-9457 (ONLINE)
ISSN 2383-9457 (ONLINE)
Baseline characteristics of respondents (N=449)
| Variables | N | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socio-demographics of respondents | Gender | Male | 198 | 44.1 |
| Female | 251 | 55.9 | ||
| Age | ≤29 | 235 | 52.3 | |
| 30-39 | 40 | 8.9 | ||
| 40-49 | 47 | 10.5 | ||
| 50-59 | 70 | 15.6 | ||
| 60-69 | 22 | 4.9 | ||
| ≥70 | 35 | 7.8 | ||
| Residential area | Metropolis | 342 | 76.2 | |
| Small/Medium-sized city | 95 | 21.2 | ||
| Countryside | 12 | 2.7 | ||
| Education level | High school or below | 61 | 13.6 | |
| College/University | 329 | 73.3 | ||
| Graduate School | 59 | 13.1 | ||
| Health condition and medication | Subjective health condition | Very good | 32 | 7.1 |
| Good | 174 | 38.8 | ||
| Neutral | 181 | 40.3 | ||
| Bad | 53 | 11.8 | ||
| Very bad | 9 | 2.0 | ||
| Any chronic diseases diagnosed | Yes | 125 | 27.8 | |
| No | 324 | 72.2 | ||
| Any drugs for treating chronic diseases (Excluding health functional foods and nutritional supplements) | Yes | 103 | 22.9 | |
| No | 346 | 77.1 | ||
| Number of taking medication (n=103) | 1-2 | 45 | 43.7 | |
| 3-4 | 29 | 28.2 | ||
| 5-10 | 25 | 24.3 | ||
| ≥11 | 4 | 3.9 | ||
| Use of community pharmacies | No. of community pharmacies within 10 minutes on foot from home | 0 | 20 | 4.5 |
| 1-2 | 134 | 29.8 | ||
| 3-4 | 159 | 35.4 | ||
| ≥5 | 136 | 30.3 | ||
| Average no. of visit community pharmacies per month (Except visiting for purchasing masks due to COVID-19 pandemic) | 0 | 160 | 35.6 | |
| 1-2 | 258 | 57.5 | ||
| 3-4 | 21 | 4.7 | ||
| ≥5 | 10 | 2.2 | ||
| Use of one community pharmacy in usual | Yes | 180 | 40.1 | |
| No | 269 | 59.9 | ||
| Overall satisfaction level for community pharmacies | Not satisfied at all | 4 | 0.9 | |
| Not satisfied | 26 | 5.8 | ||
| Neutral | 166 | 37.0 | ||
| Satisfied | 197 | 43.9 | ||
| Very satisfied | 56 | 12.5 | ||
| Willingness to designate family pharmacy | Strongly disagree | 18 | 4.0 | |
| Disagree | 59 | 13.1 | ||
| Neutral | 63 | 14.0 | ||
| Agree | 190 | 42.3 | ||
| Strongly agree | 119 | 26.5 | ||