Table 7 Association of patients’ socio-characteristics with pharmacovigilance awareness, knowledge of adverse drug reaction and reporting of experienced reactions
Variables | Knowledge of ADR definition | PV Awareness | Reporting of experienced ADRs | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adequate | Inadequate | Yes | No | Yes | No | |
Age (year) | ||||||
18–40 | 118 (82.5) | 188 (86.6) | 25 (80.6) | 281 (85.4) | 48 (71.6) | 258 (88.1) |
41 and above | 25 (17.5) | 29 (13.4) | 6 (19.4) | 48 (14.6) | 19 (28.4) | 35 (11.9) |
X2 = 1.147; p = 0.284 | X2 = 0.505; p = 0.478 | X2 = 11.521; p = 0.001* | ||||
Gender | ||||||
Male | 19 (13.3) | 30 (13.8) | 4 (12.9) | 45 (13.7) | 8 (11.9) | 41 (14.0) |
Female | 124 (86.7) | 187(86.2) | 27 (87.1) | 284 (86.3) | 59 (88.1) | 252 (86.0) |
X2 = 0.021; p = 0.884 | FET = 0.014; p = 1.000 | X2 = 0.195; p = 0.658 | ||||
Marital status | ||||||
Single | 55 (38.5) | 60 (27.6) | 10 (32.3) | 105 (31.9) | 13 (19.4) | 102 (34.8) |
Married | 84 (58.7) | 152 (70.0) | 20 (64.5) | 216 (65.7) | 52 (77.6) | 184 (62.8) |
Widowed/Divorced | 4 (2.8) | 5 (2.3) | 1 (3.2) | 8 (2.4) | 2 (3.0) | 7 (2.4) |
FET = 4.973; p = 0.083 | FET = 0.478; p = 0.801 | FET = 6.343; p = 0.037* | ||||
Occupation | ||||||
Civil/public servant | 41 (28.7) | 55 (25.3) | 13 (41.9) | 83 (25.2) | 21 (31.3) | 75 (25.6) |
Self-employed | 71 (49.7) | 116 (53.5) | 11 (35.5) | 176 (53.5) | 30 (44.8) | 157 (53.6) |
No active employment | 31 (21.7) | 46 (21.2) | 7 (22.6) | 70 (21.3) | 16 (23.9) | 61 (20.8) |
X2 = 0.607; p = 0.738 | X2 = 4.757; p = 0.093 | X2 = 1.728; p = 0.421 | ||||
Educational qualification | ||||||
No formal education/Primary | 6 (4.2) | 26 (12.0) | 1 (3.2) | 31 (9.4) | 4 (6.0) | 28 (9.6) |
Secondary | 54 (37.8) | 94 (43.3) | 2 (6.5) | 146 (44.4) | 25 (37.3) | 123 (42.0) |
Post-secondary/Tertiary | 83 (58.0) | 97 (44.5) | 28 (90.3) | 152 (46.2) | 39 (56.7) | 142 (48.5) |
X2 = 9.594; p = 0.008* | FET = 23.619; p < 0.001* | X2 = 1.820; p = 0.402 | ||||