2.3 The statistics of score of rational application of antimicrobial drug
In this survey, the average score of relevant knowledge of antimicrobial drug of respondents was 10.49±4.05(the highest score: 20 scores, the lowest score: 4 scores).
The answers of the investigated pharmacists were analyzed in this survey in 7 aspects, including sex, degree of education, medical institution type, professional title, working years, age and hospital grade, and the conclusions were drawn: (1) There was no significant difference between the score and the pharmacists’ sex. (2) There was significant difference between the degree of education of the pharmacists and their scores(P <0.05). The higher the degree of education of the pharmacists was, the higher the score was. But there was no significant difference of the score between the pharmacist with an undergraduate degree and the pharmacist with a Master’s degree. (3) There was significant difference among different types of medical institutions (P <0.05). The pharmacists from general hospitals and specialized hospitals overall scored higher than them from the TCM hospitals and other medical institutions. (4) There was significant difference among the pharmacists with different professional titles(P <0.05). From the assistant pharmacist to deputy-chief pharmacist, the higher their professional title was, the higher they scored. There was no significant difference among the pharmacist-in-charge, deputy-chief pharmacist and chief pharmacist. (5) There was significant difference among the investigated pharmacists with different working years(P <0.05). As a whole, the longer the pharmacists had worked, the higher they scored. But the pharmacists having worked for over 30 years didn’t score higher. (6) The pharmacists at different ages showed no significant difference in scores. (7) There was significant difference between the hospital grades and scores(P <0.05). The pharmacists from tertiary hospitals scored higher than them from other medical institutions. See Table 2 for details.