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. 2024 Aug 8;16(8):e66448. doi: 10.7759/cureus.66448

Table 4. Domain 3: Knowledge of medication.

*Significant at p<0.05, **Significant at p<0.01, ***Significant at p<0.001 (p=0.0008) (after Bonferroni correction).

Knowledge of medication          
Variable No (N (%)) Yes (N (%)) Total (N (%)) Χ2 p-value
Number of hospitalizations          
0 58 (56.3%) 45 (43.7%) 103 (100.0%) 9.791 0.018*
1 12 (32.4%) 25 (67.6%) 37 (100.0%)    
2 2 (20.0%) 8 (80.0%) 10 (100.0%)    
3 or >3 3 (37.5%) 5 (62.5%) 8 (100.0%)    
Total 75 (47.5%) 83 (52.5%) 158 (100.0%)    
Supervising medications          
Yes 40 (40.0%) 60 (60.0%) 100 (100.0%) 6.093 0.014*
No 35 (60.3%) 23 (39.7%) 58 (100.0%)    
Total 75 (47.5%) 83 (52.5%) 158 (100.0%)    
Variable Mean SD z p-value
Patient age        
Knowledge of medication        
No 30.64 7.72 −2.524 0.012*
Yes 34.53 9.42    
Caregiver age        
Knowledge of medication        
No 41.60 15.47 −2.921 0.003**
Yes 49.12 15.62    
Total duration of illness        
Knowledge of medication        
No 7.62 4.94 −3.504 <0.001***
Yes 11.10 6.90    
Total duration of treatment        
Knowledge of medication        
No 6.23 4.58 −3.316 0.001**
Yes 9.31 6.46    
Duration of the caregiving role        
Knowledge of medication        
No 6.62 4.85 −2.131 0.033*
Yes 8.71 6.24    
Denial/blame coping        
Knowledge of medication        
No 0.44 0.58 −1.974 0.048*
Yes 0.32 0.21