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Table 4 Pharmacist Attitudes/agreement with the following statements

From: Pharmacist attitudes and provision of harm reduction services in North Carolina: an exploratory study

Statement

Mean ± SD

p-value (t-test)

Urban

Rural

Persons who inject drugs (PWIDs) should always be allowed to buy non-prescription syringesa,e

3.50 ± 1.41

3.08 ± 1.49

0.04*

Providing non-prescription syringes is a safe method of preventing blood-borne infections among PWIDsa,e

4.20 ± 1.06

3.72 ± 1.30

0.01*

PWID customers are a disruption to my pharmacya,e

2.98 ± 1.24

3.30 ± 1.31

0.08

If I could, I would refuse to treat PWID customersb,e

2.09 ± 1.07

2.58 ± 1.41

0.01*

PWID customers make other customers feel uncomfortableb,e

3.38 ± 1.15

3.68 ± 1.05

0.06

PWID customers make my pharmacy less safeb,e

3.14 ± 1.22

3.47 ± 1.20

0.06

Pharmacists/pharmacies are an important resource for PWIDs who may not be able to access health care in the communityb,e

3.95 ± 1.04

3.67 ± 1.17

0.07

Pharmacists should provide HIV prevention information/resources to PWIDs who purchase non-prescription syringesb,e

3.57 ± 1.01

3.43 ± 1.28

0.45

Pharmacists should provide HIV prevention information/resources to anyone who purchases non-prescription syringesc,e

3.17 ± 1.17

2.97 ± 1.09

0.23

It is not the role of the pharmacists/pharmacy staff to provide PWID customers with HIV prevention servicesc,e

2.63 ± 1.03

2.93 ± 1.13

0.049*

I am willing to provide information/resources to PWID customers who purchase non-prescription syringesd,e

3.85 ± 0.93

3.65 ± 1.04

0.15

I have time to provide information/resources to PWID customers who purchase non-prescription syringesd,e

2.58 ± 1.23

2.33 ± 1.27

0.18

I am concerned about mistaking people purchasing non-prescriptions syringes as drug usersd,e

3.32 ± 1.19

3.18 ± 1.37

0.49

I would support a syringe disposal receptacle on the premises of my pharmacyd,e

3.09 ± 1.32

3.02 ± 1.48

0.69

  1. Mean and standard deviation calculated on likert scale where 1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree, with midpoint 3 = no opinion
  2. *Significant at α = 0.05
  3. aLevel of agreement with this statement was missing from 7.8% (n = 18) of urban pharmacists
  4. bLevel of agreement with this statement was missing from 8.2%% (n = 19) of urban pharmacists
  5. cLevel of agreement with this statement was missing from 8.6% (n = 20) of urban pharmacists
  6. dLevel of agreement with this statement was missing from 9.1% (n = 21) of urban pharmacists
  7. eLevel of agreement with this statement was missing from 11.8% (n = 8) of rural pharmacists
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Harm Reduction Journal

ISSN: 1477-7517