Table 2.
Comparison of self-medication-related knowledge and attitude scores among selected demographics.
| Variables | Subgroups | Mean Rank | Self-Medication Practice N (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge Score | Attitude Score | Yes | No | ||
| Age | <30 years | 605.69 | 593.70 | 324 (41.9%) | 162 (40.6) |
| 31–40 years | 583.30 | 579.92 | 241 (31.1) | 123 (30.8) | |
| 41–50 years | 547.69 | 592.00 | 115 (14.9) | 68 (17.0) | |
| 51–60 years | 583.13 | 575.63 | 94 (12.1) | 46 (11.5) | |
| p-value | 0.199 | 0.908 | 0.802 | ||
| Gender | Male | 591.37 | 592.43 | 372 (48.1) | 195 (48.9) |
| Female | 582.92 | 581.92 | 402 (51.9) | 204 (51.1) | |
| p-value | 0.645 | 0.594 | 0.805 * | ||
| Residence | Urban | 582.10 | 586.29 | 552 (71.3) | 264 (66.2) |
| Rural | 598.20 | 588.62 | 222 (28.7) | 135 (33.8) | |
| p-value | 0.419 | 0.914 | 0.071 * | ||
| Occupation | Medical doctor | 776.84 | 570.93 | 239 (30.9) | 135 (33.8) |
| Pharmacist | 731.27 | 601.06 | 80 (10.3) | 59 (14.8) | |
| Nurse | 572.62 | 599.87 | 220 (28.4) | 109 (27.3) | |
| Lab technician | 461.83 | 534.34 | 65 (8.4) | 19 (4.8) | |
| Physiotherapist | 508.11 | 622.50 | 15 (1.9) | 3 (0.8) | |
| Health technician | 264.81 | 618.18 | 137 (17.7) | 66 (16.5) | |
| Others | 241.42 | 482.27 | 18 (2.3) | 8 (2.0) | |
| p-value | <0.001 | 0.236 | 0.046 | ||
| Education | Diploma | 456.53 | 594.79 | 376 (48.6) | 173 (43.4) |
| Bachelor’s degree | 694.19 | 583.51 | 327 (42.2) | 185 (46.4) | |
| Post-graduation/specialization | 736.53 | 564.75 | 71 (9.2) | 41 (10.3) | |
| p-value | <0.001 | 0.660 | 0.236 | ||
| Hospital | Tertiary | 575.62 | 609.43 | 98 (12.7) | 52 (13.0) |
| Secondary | 606.91 | 588.08 | 377 (48.7) | 193 (48.4) | |
| Primary | 565.71 | 578.21 | 299 (38.6) | 4154 (38.6) | |
| p-value | 0.102 | 0.615 | 0.983 | ||
| Experience | 1–3 years | 601.99 | 582.00 | 241 (31.1) | 114 (28.6) |
| 4–7 years | 600.69 | 596.65 | 279 (36.0) | 152 (38.1) | |
| 8–12 years | 545.58 | 585.99 | 152 (19.6) | 90 (22.6) | |
| >12 years | 578.72 | 572.23 | 102 (13.2) | 43 (10.8) | |
| p-value | 0.115 | 0.871 | 0.364 | ||
NB * Fischer’s Exact test; Bold = statistically significant.