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Socio-demographic and educational variables of the study participants stratified by perceived knowledge of medication error definition (N = 212). |
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| Characteristic |
Knowledge of Medication Errors |
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| No (n = 47) |
Yes (n = 165) |
p-value |
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| Age, mean ± SD, in years |
43 ± 17 |
31 ± 11 |
<0.001 |
| Age category, n (%) |
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| 15–24 years |
5 (11%) |
47 (28%) |
<0.001 |
| 25–34 years |
10 (21%) |
67 (41%) |
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| 35–44 years |
11 (23%) |
27 (16%) |
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| >44 years |
21 (45%) |
24 (15%) |
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| Gender, n (%) |
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| Female |
18 (38%) |
82 (50%) |
0.167 |
| Male |
29 (62%) |
83 (50%) |
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| Educational Level, n (%) |
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| Illiterate |
17 (36%) |
18 (11%) |
<0.001 |
| Reads & writes/preparatory |
27 (57%) |
120 (72%) |
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| Secondary and above |
3 (6%) |
27 (16%) |
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| Marital Status, married, n (%) |
40 (85%) |
108 (65%) |
0.010 |
| Family Income, n (%), in OR |
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| <200 |
23 (49%) |
43 (26%) |
0.004 |
| 200 – 500 |
20 (43% |
82 (50%) |
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| >500 |
4 (9%) |
40 (24%) |
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| Usual Source of Healthcare, n (%) |
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| Local Health Center |
33 (70%) |
108 (65%) |
0.272 |
| Local Hospital |
6 (13%) |
20 (12%) |
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| Private Hospital |
7 (15%) |
37 (22%) |
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| Others (e.g. Traditional Healer) |
1 (2%) |
0 (0%) |
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| Frequency of Healthcare Use, n (%) |
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| 1–5 |
2 (4.3%) |
13 (7.9%) |
0.787 |
| 6–10 |
21 (45%) |
72 (44%) |
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| >10 |
24 (51%) |
80 (48%) |
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| History of Chronic Disease, n (%) |
22 (47%) |
75 (45%) |
0.869 |
| Seeing a Doctor Regularly, n (%) |
26 (55%) |
98 (59%) |
0.617 |
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SD = Standard deviation; Percents are column percents; OR = Omani Rials; Differences between groups were analyzed using Student's t-test, Pearson's χ2 test, and Fisher's Exact test whenever appropriate. | |||
Al-Mandhari et al. BMC Medical Ethics 2008 9:13 doi:10.1186/1472-6939-9-13 |
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