Compliance of private pharmacies in Uganda with controlled prescription drugs regulations: a mixed-methods study

Table 5 Predictors of compliance with the prescription requirement in dispensing of CPDs. Only regulatory factors remained in the model after controlling for confounding

Factor	Category	Frequency (n)		χ²	Crude OR (95% CI)	p-value	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	p-value
Factor	Category	High compliance	Low compliance	χ²	Crude OR (95% CI)	p-value	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	p-value
MRA asked for returns of narcotic drug transactions²	Yes	24	14	0.19	1.21 (0.53–2.76)	0.659	2.45 (0.85–7.13)	0.095
MRA asked for returns of narcotic drug transactions²	No	37	26
MRA has ever audited narcotic drugs in pharmacy²	Yes	19	20	3.62	0.45 (0.20–1.03)	0.057	0.44 (0.16–1.23)	0.118
MRA has ever audited narcotic drugs in pharmacy²	No	42	20
History of suboptimal compliance in storage of narcotics in previous MRA inspections²	Yes	24	20	1.12	0.65 (0.29–1.45)	0.291	2.24 (0.68–7.40)	0.185
	No	37	20
History of suboptimal compliance in dispensing of narcotics in previous MRA inspections²	Yes	15	20	6.89	0.33 (0.14–0.76)	0.009	0.21 (0.06–0.73)	0.014
	No	46	20

¹Pharmacy professional comprises pharmacists and pharmacy technicians; non-pharmacy professional comprises nurses, nursing assistants, assorted health professionals such as clinical officers (physician assistants) and orthopaedic officers, and one accounting/finance professional. ²MRA, Medicines Regulatory Agency

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