Table 1 Demographic details of responded doctors and patients
Demographic details of doctors | ||
Demographic factor | Number of Participants (N=84) | |
Frequency | Percentage (%) | |
Gender | ||
Men | 28 | 33.3 |
Women | 56 | 66.7 |
Duration of service as a prescribing physician for clinic patients | ||
Less than one year | 9 | 10.7 |
One to five years | 21 | 25.0 |
Five to ten years | 18 | 21.4 |
More than ten years | 36 | 42.9 |
Position | ||
House officer | 5 | 6.0 |
Senior house officer | 37 | 44.0 |
Relief house officer | 13 | 15.5 |
Medical officer | 8 | 9.5 |
Registrar | 14 | 16.7 |
Senior registrar | 1 | 1.2 |
Consultant | 6 | 7.1 |
Clinic | ||
Medical | 35 | 41.7 |
Cardiology | 7 | 8.3 |
Neurology | 2 | 2.4 |
Rheumatology | 3 | 3.6 |
Diabetic and endocrinology | 5 | 6.0 |
Paediatric | 11 | 13.1 |
Psychiatric | 6 | 7.1 |
Nephrology | 5 | 6.0 |
VP OPD | 5 | 6.0 |
Haematology | 5 | 6.0 |
Demographic details of patients | ||
Demographic factor | Number of participants (N=380) | |
Frequency | Percentage (%) | |
Duration of attending to clinic | ||
1 to 3 years | 128 | 33.7 |
3 to 5 years | 173 | 45.5 |
5 to 10 years | 67 | 17.6 |
More than ten years | 12 | 3.2 |
Gender | ||
Men | 162 | 42.6 |
Women | 218 | 57.4 |
Age | ||
Below 25 | 12 | 3.2 |
26 to 40 | 59 | 15.5 |
41 to 55 | 141 | 37.1 |
56 to 70 | 115 | 30.3 |
Above 70 | 53 | 13.9 |
Education level of the respondent | ||
No schooling | 13 | 3.4 |
Below grade 5 | 31 | 8.2 |
Below grade 11 | 54 | 14.2 |
Passed ordinary level | 177 | 46.6 |
Passed advanced level | 92 | 24.2 |
Degree/ postgraduate | 13 | 3.4 |
Interviewee patient or care giver | ||
Patient | 308 | 81.1 |
Care giver | 72 | 18.9 |