Table 4:
Relationship between prescription quality and selected patients' characteristics
| Variable | Prescription Quality | Chi square | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poor (%) | Good (%) | |||
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| ||||
| Age (yrs) | ||||
| ≤60 | 101 (29.0) | 98 (28.0) | 0.74 | 0.39 |
| <60 | 82 (24.0) | 66 (19.0) | ||
| Income | ||||
| >₦20,000 | 123 (35.4) | 118 (34.0) | 0.92 | 0.34 |
| ≥₦20,000 | 60 (17.3) | 46 (13.3) | ||
| Educational Status | ||||
| No Formal education | 52 (15.0) | 49 (14.1) | 0.09 | 0.77 |
| Had Formal education | 131 (37.8) | 115 (33.1) | ||
| Number of drugs in the prescriptions | ||||
| 1-2 | 12 (3.5) | 01 (0.3) | 2.80 | 0.17 |
| <2 | 223 (64.2) | 111 (32.0) | ||
| Blood pressure | ||||
| SBP & DBP controlled | 62 (17.9) | 73 (21.0) | 6.4 | 0.10 |
| SBP & DBP Uncontrolled | 58 (16.7) | 45 (13.0) | ||
| DBP controlled only | 60 (17.3) | 46 (13.2) | ||
| SBP controlled only | 03 (0.9) | 00 (0) | ||