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• no difference between pharmacists and assistants in the degree to which the Program
was perceived as useful (high level of usefulness).
Differences according to pharmacy size
Pharmacies that participated +=-=-//=654ere asked to indicate their size on a three point
scale: large, medium or small. Of those who responded the size breakdown was:
• Large (average size 102 employees) = 15
• Medium (average 15.4 employees) = 21
• Small (average 8.3 employees) = 13
Responses were examined for differences according to the size of the pharmacy, and the
analysis found:
• no difference in the level of satisfaction with the Program between pharmacies of
different sizes, including when the different types of training were taken into account
(high degree of satisfaction)
• no difference between pharmacies of different sizes in the degree to which the Program
met expectations (met expectation to a high degree)
a significant difference between pharmacies of different sizes in the degree to which the
Program was perceived as useful. Medium sized pharmacies were more likely to rate higher
on usefulness than large or small pharmacies (although all rated a high level of usefulness).
Average rating on a four
point scale
4.6
4.4
4.2
3.8
3.6
3.4
Rating of degree of usefulness in providing better continence
services
4
3.8
• Figure 26 illustrates the differences.
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3.9
Small Medium
Pharmacy Size
Large