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Table 6 Summary of ADR reporting practises among patient and doctor participants

From: Perceptions, practices and barriers to reporting of adverse drug reactions among HIV infected patients and their doctors in 3 public sector hospitals of the Ethekwini Metropolitan, Kwa-Zulu Natal: a cross sectional and retrospective analysis

Question/variable

Facility A

Facility B

Facility C

Patients (n = 141)

Patients (n = 141)

Patients (n = 144)

Doctors (n = 6)

Doctors (n = 4)

Doctors (n = 3)

Frequency

Percentage

Frequency

Percentage

Frequency

Percentage

Number of patients who were warned by doctor that they might experience an ADR

114

80%

109

77%

107

74%

Number of patients who experienced an ADR

86

61%

117

83%

103

72%

Number of patients who reported ADRs

54

38%

82

58%

66

45%

Number of patients who did not report experienced ADRs

32

23%

35

25%

37

26%

Number of doctors who always educate their patients about ADRs

4

67%

4

100%

1

33%