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Table 2 Community pharmacists’ willingness to participate in needle exchange activities, ordinal logistic regression analysis results

From: Pharmacists’ role in harm reduction: a survey assessment of Kentucky community pharmacists’ willingness to participate in syringe/needle exchange

 

Willingness to provide clean needles and syringes2 (n = 628)

Willingness to dispose of used needles and syringes2 (n = 632)

 

Adjusted odds ratio

95% CI

Adjusted odds ratio

95% CI

Terminal degree

 BSPharm

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

 PharmD

1.00

0.60–1.67

1.40

0.82–2.40

Years in practice

 0 to 5 years

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

 6 to 10 years

0.76

0.46–1.25

0.77

0.46–1.29

 11 to 20 years

1.30

0.82–2.08

1.48

0.91–2.42

 > 20 years

0.93

0.50–1.70

1.51

0.80–2.82

Pharmacist gender

 Female

0.74

0.54–1.01

0.72*

0.52–0.99

 Male

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

Community pharmacy practice setting

 Chain or supermarket pharmacy

0.92

0.65–1.30

0.61*

0.43–0.87

 Independent pharmacy

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

Urban or rural practice setting

  Urban county

1.04

0.75–1.44

0.96

0.69–1.33

  Rural county

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

Sells needles/syringes without a prescription

 Yes, sells needles/syringes

1.19

0.85–1.65

0.92

0.66–1.29

 No, does not sell needles/syringes

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

Pharmacist attitudes1

 Pharmacists could have significant public health impact by providing access to syringes/needles for IV drug users

3.56*

3.06–4.15

2.04*

1.77–2.35

 Access to clean syringes/needles is important to prevent blood-borne infections such as HIV and hepatitis in IV drug users

1.04

0.91–1.20

0.91

0.78–1.06

  1. 1Respondents could select a response on a scale of 1 (strongly disagree) to 6 (strongly agree) for each attitude question. Responses of “Don’t Know” were not included in regression analysis
  2. 2The reference group for the dependent variable in both willingness models is a response of 1 (Not at all willing)
  3. *Indicates statistical significance