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. 2024 May 12;14:10837. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-60931-9

Table 2.

Demographic profile of the respondents.

Variables Frequency (Percentage) Diseases treated (DT) Real life practice (RP) Drug used (DU)
Mean Sig. Mean Sig. Mean Sig.
Sex of the respondents
  Male 265 (64) 14.22 0.241 22.11 0.092 28.19 0.117
  Female 152 (36) 14.89 21.78 29.31
 CGPA
  Below 2.00 32 (7.03) 12.47 0.121 23.45 0.003 27.81 0.096
  2.01–3.00 119 (28.89) 13.15 21.88 27.56
  3.01–3.50 172 (41.95) 14.24 22.91 28.90
  3.51–4.00 89 (22.11) 12.27 20.97 29.23
Year of study
 Undergraduate 238 (57.28) 14.01 0.335 23.14 0.271 28.67 0.421
 Master’s program 136 (31.90) 13.66 22.56 28.10
 PhD or other 43 (10.80) 13.80 21.92 29.59
Study area
 Pure science 94 (22.36) 16.13 0.002 25.34  < 0.001 30.14 0.019
 Applied science 137 (30.90) 15.76 26.11 29.35
 Social Science 98 (22.86) 13.60 20.25 26.18
 Arts 44 (9.54) 12.92 21.67 25.74
 Business 57 (14.32) 14.22 19.92 28.02
Economic dependence
 Dependent on others 261(62.58) 14.01 0.248 24.12 0.345 27.58 0.076
 Self-dependent 156 (37.41) 14.92 23.87 28.79