Table 2.
Parents’ knowledge about commonly used drugs in respiratory tract infections
| Variables | Percentage correct knowledge | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augmentin (Co-amoxiclav) |
Areolin (salbutamol) |
Depon (Paracetamol) | Ceclor (cefaclor) | Ponstan (mefenamic acid) | Amoxil (Amoxacillin) | Mucosolvan (Ambroxol HCL) | Erythrocin (Erythromycin) | ||
| Gender | Male | 54.8% | 90.5 | 95.2% | 7.1 | 95.2 | 50* | 95.2 | 16.7 |
| Female | 47.7% | 95.5 | 94.1% | 6.8 | 93.8 | 29.7 | 94.5 | 7.4 | |
| Age (years) |
20–30 | 43.2** | 94.4 | 93.3 | 5.3* | 93.5 | 27.4** | 95.6 | 81 |
| 31–40 | 68.5 | 98.9 | 97.8 | 14.1 | 96.7 | 44.6 | 92.4 | 7.6 | |
| 41–60 | 55.3 | 93.6 | 95.7 | 6.4 | 91.5 | 40.4 | 89.4 | 8.5 | |
| Parent of single child | Yes | 31.3* | 100 | 87.5 | 18.8* | 100 | 25 | 90.6 | 18.8* |
| No | 49.3 | 94.8 | 94.6 | 6.1 | 93.5 | 31.6 | 94.8 | 7.4 | |
| Live in Makkah | Yes | 47.7 | 95.4 | 94 | 7.1 | 93.3 | 31.2 | 94.2 | 6.9** |
| No | 55.1 | 91.8 | 95.9 | 4.1 | 100 | 32.7 | 98 | 20.4 | |
| Total n (%) | 275 (48.2) | 537 (94.2) | 542 (95.1) | 39 (6.8) | 535 (93.9) | 178 (31.2) | 539 (94.6) | 46 (8.1) | |
Pearson Chi-square; * p < 0.05;** p < 0.001