Table 3.
Socio-demographic and educational variables of the study participants stratified by perceived knowledge of medication error definition (N = 212).
| Characteristic | Knowledge of Medication Errors | ||
| No (n = 47) | Yes (n = 165) | p-value | |
| Age, mean ± SD, in years | 43 ± 17 | 31 ± 11 | <0.001 |
| Age category, n (%) | |||
| 15–24 years | 5 (11%) | 47 (28%) | <0.001 |
| 25–34 years | 10 (21%) | 67 (41%) | |
| 35–44 years | 11 (23%) | 27 (16%) | |
| >44 years | 21 (45%) | 24 (15%) | |
| Gender, n (%) | |||
| Female | 18 (38%) | 82 (50%) | 0.167 |
| Male | 29 (62%) | 83 (50%) | |
| Educational Level, n (%) | |||
| Illiterate | 17 (36%) | 18 (11%) | <0.001 |
| Reads & writes/preparatory | 27 (57%) | 120 (72%) | |
| Secondary and above | 3 (6%) | 27 (16%) | |
| Marital Status, married, n (%) | 40 (85%) | 108 (65%) | 0.010 |
| Family Income, n (%), in OR | |||
| <200 | 23 (49%) | 43 (26%) | 0.004 |
| 200 – 500 | 20 (43% | 82 (50%) | |
| >500 | 4 (9%) | 40 (24%) | |
| Usual Source of Healthcare, n (%) | |||
| Local Health Center | 33 (70%) | 108 (65%) | 0.272 |
| Local Hospital | 6 (13%) | 20 (12%) | |
| Private Hospital | 7 (15%) | 37 (22%) | |
| Others (e.g. Traditional Healer) | 1 (2%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Frequency of Healthcare Use, n (%) | |||
| 1–5 | 2 (4.3%) | 13 (7.9%) | 0.787 |
| 6–10 | 21 (45%) | 72 (44%) | |
| >10 | 24 (51%) | 80 (48%) | |
| History of Chronic Disease, n (%) | 22 (47%) | 75 (45%) | 0.869 |
| Seeing a Doctor Regularly, n (%) | 26 (55%) | 98 (59%) | 0.617 |
SD = Standard deviation; Percents are column percents; OR = Omani Rials; Differences between groups were analyzed using Student's t-test, Pearson's χ2 test, and Fisher's Exact test whenever appropriate.