Questionnaire Designing on the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Model: A Pilot Study in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Abstract

Vietnam’s pharmaceutical industry has the potential to create value for the nation. Impact of the COVID-19 epidemic in Vietnam's pharmaceutical industry. This study was conducted on a pilot scale, and we did develop a questionnaire that was sent to pharmacists working in different hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City. This study aimed to create a questionnaire to explore those criteria given the importance of the hospital pharmaceutical supply chain. A well-designed and original questionnaire from which the researcher can conduct a large-scale formal survey. This study targeted a small group of diseases in Ho Chi Minh City. We developed a questionnaire for pharmacists working in the department pharmacy of the hospital and collected responses accordingly. As a result, we have identified and built a questionnaire with 45 observed variables. The study showed that the acceptance level of the observed variables reached the Cronbach's Alpha confidence level above 0.7 and the Corrected Item - Total Correlation value of the accepted observed variable over 0.3. Research results with the absolute value of factor loading above 0.5 are optimal, and the observed variables are statistically significant. This study has identified the observed variables for the factors of the theoretical framework. The study results can establish a measurement for further quantitative research with an expanded research scope in the future.