Table 2 Mean score for factors influencing community pharmacists’ and pharmacy students’ willingness to participate in a research project
Item | Proposal | Pharmacists | Students | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | I would like the pharmacy I work in to be actively involved in research | 3.71 | 3.25 | < 0.01 |
2 | I would be involved in research if I have a special interest in the specific topic being investigated | 4.04 | 4.25 | 0.13 |
3 | I would like to be actively involved in developing new ideas for future research | 3.02 | 3.13 | 0.48 |
4 | I would like to be actively involved in developing methods of research projects | 2.71 | 2.47 | 0.17 |
5 | I would like to be actively involved in research that I thought would benefit my patients | 4.09 | 4.17 | 0.60 |
6 | Being actively involved in research would give me a chance to do something out of the ordinary in my pharmacy | 3.75 | 3.68 | 0.67 |
7 | Being actively involved in research would improve community perceptions of the pharmacy | 3.64 | 3.49 | 0.44 |
8 | Promoting my involvement in research with the university would help my business | 2.7 | 2.63 | 0.68 |
9 | The commitment to quality and training is important to me. | 4.34 | 4.21 | 0.33 |
10 | I believe research should generate income for the pharmacy | 4.18 | 4.15 | 0.83 |
11 | Pharmacists should be paid for participating in research study | 4.14 | 4.09 | 0.74 |
12 | Patients participating should receive incentives other than possible improvement in health | 3.25 | 3.37 | 0.47 |
13 | I think it is important for research to occur within community pharmacy settings | 3.63 | 3.69 | 0.64 |
14 | I am quite confident of being able to conduct research in my day-to-day practice | 3.29 | 2.84 | 0.01 |
15 | If I were involved in research, I would like frequent contact with researchers | 3.71 | 3.89 | 0.22 |
16 | During research I would like to contact more experienced pharmacists | 3.96 | 4.16 | 0.21 |
17 | I would like extensive training in how to organize the research activity | 3.66 | 3.89 | 0.20 |
18 | During research I would like to be involved with other professionals | 4.23 | 4.29 | 0.59 |
19 | It would be important that there is a clear and meaningful goal to the research | 4.66 | 4.59 | 0.47 |
20 | It would be important that I feel the results were directly applicable to my pharmacy | 4.14 | 4.27 | 0.35 |
21 | It would be important that researchers inform me of the results of the study | 4.45 | 4.56 | 0.30 |
22 | Most projects seem difficult because they require pharmacy restructuring | 3.43 | 3.69 | 0.09 |
23 | I feel that it is difficult to interest patients in research participation | 3.16 | 3.61 | 0.01 |
24 | I feel time constraints restrict me from participating in research projects | 4.04 | 4.23 | 0.24 |
25 | I feel that the lack of trained staff is a reason that conducting research is difficult in my pharmacy | 3.63 | 3.55 | 0.69 |
26 | I feel that other healthcare professionals do not value pharmacy-based research | 3.59 | 3.72 | 0.39 |
27 | I feel I need extensive training before undertaking research | 4.2 | 4.16 | 0.80 |