- Poor, moderate, and good communication skills with children among pharmacists in Saudi Arabia along with the Chi-squared test p-values.
| Measured skills | Good answers | Poor answers | P-values | Performance level according to our criteria |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| To whom pharmacists talk the most if the child accompanies a parent | 15 (8.8) | 155 (91.2) | 7.79×10-26 | Poor |
| What to do if the child did not accompany their parent | 52 (30.6) | 118 (69.4) | 9.36×10-7 | Poor |
| Evaluating ability to communicate effectively to different children age groups | ||||
| Self-evaluation | ||||
| Pharmacists’ self-evaluation of their understanding of how to communicate effectively with children in different age groups and or different cognitive developmental levels. | 150 (88.2) | 20 (11.8) | 9.90×10-24 | Good |
| Actual evaluation | ||||
| Understanding “cause-effect” relationship in 3-6-year-old children. | 77 (45.3) | 93 (54.7) | 0.2429083 | Moderate |
| Understanding the appropriate expression of dosage frequency to 3-6-year-old children. | 84 (49.4) | 86 (50.6) | 0.8153346 | Moderate |
| Understanding “cause-effect” relationship in 7-12-year-old children. | 109 (64.1) | 61 (35.9) | 2.53×10-4 | Good |
| Understanding suitable drug information provided to toddlers and pre-school children (3-5 years). | 10 (5.9) | 160 (94.1) | 1.25×10-30 | Poor |
| Understanding suitable drug information provided to school age children (6-12 years). | 11 (6.5) | 159 (93.5) | 7.33×10-30 | Poor |
| Understanding suitable drug information provided to adolescents (13-19 years). | 48 (28.2) | 122 (71.8) | 1.32×10-8 | Poor |
| Understanding suitable drug information provided to 6-19-year-old children | 95 (55.9) | 75 (44.1) | 0.1391008 | Moderate |
| Overall actual performance across different age groups | 62 (36.5) | 108 (63.5) | 4.2×10-4 | Poor |
| Ways of initiating conversation with children | ||||
| How do you generally start the conversation? | 81 (47.6) | 89 (52.3) | 0.5857884 | Moderate |
| How do you start with a seemingly shy child? | 78 (45.9) | 92 (54.1) | 0.3115148 | Moderate |
| Overall performance regarding conversation initiation | ~80 (46.8) | ~91 (53.2) | 0.4002 | Moderate |
| Evaluating to what extent drug-drug and drug-food interactions are explained to adolescents | 150 (88.2) | 20 (11.8) | 2.02×10-24 | Good |
| Respecting privacy | ||||
| Asking parents for a few minutes alone with the child | 89 (52.3) | 81 (47.6) | 0.4835221 | Moderate |
| Not telling parents regarding sensitive products bought by an adolescent | 80 (47.0) | 90 (52.9) | 0.5857884 | Moderate |
| Overall performance regarding respecting privacy | ~85 (50.0) | ~86 (50.0) | 0.939 | Moderate |
| Methods to get the child’s attention | 106 (62.3) | 64 (37.6) | 8.15×10-4 | Good |
| Overall pharmacists’ performance across all communication scenarios | 41 (24.1) | 129 (75.9) | 8.48×10-10 | Poor |
Values are presented as numbers and percentages (%).