Table 1.
Sociodemographic features and eye drop use versus contamination among patients admitted in the wards at Jimma University the Department of Ophthalmology from June to December 2015.
| Sociodemographic characteristics | Contaminated n=19 | Noncontaminated n=6 | Total | P value | |
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| Age | <40 yrs | 12 (75.0%) | 4 (25.0%) | 16 (64.0) | 1.0∗ |
| ≥40 yrs | 7 (77.8%) | 2 (22.2%) | 9 (36.0%) | ||
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| Sex | Male | 11 (73.3%) | 4 (26.7%) | 15 (60.0%) | 1.00∗ |
| Female | 8 (80.0%) | 2 (20.0%) | 10 (40.0%) | ||
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| Marriage | Married | 11 (68.8%) | 5 (31.2%) | 16 (64.0%) | 0.364∗ |
| Unmarried | 8 (88.9%) | 1 (11.1%) | 9 (36.0%) | ||
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| Occupation | Employed | 12 (75.0%) | 4 (25.0%) | 16 (64.0%) | 1.00∗ |
| Unemployed | 4 (44.4%) | 5 (55.6%) | 9 (36.0%) | ||
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| Education | Illiterate | 13 (92.9%) | 1 (7.1%) | 14 (56.0%) | 0.056∗ |
| Literate | 6 (54.5%) | 5 (45.5%) | 11 (44.0%) | ||
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| Residence | Urban | 15 (88.2%) | 2 (11.8%) | 17 (68.0%) | 0.059∗ |
| Rural | 4 (50.0%) | 4 (50.0%) | 8 (32.0%) | ||
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| Technique of drug administration | Self-administration | 4 (80.0%) | 1 (20.0%) | 5 (20.0%) | 1.0∗ |
| Non-self-administration | 15 (75.0%) | 5 (25.0%) | 20 (80%) | ||
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| Reason of use of eye drops | Postoperative | 7 (87.5%) | 1 (12.5%) | 8 (32.0%) | 0.09 |
| Glaucoma | 1 (50.0%) | 1 (50.0%) | 2 (8.0%) | ||
| Infection | 10 (71.4%) | 4 (28.6%) | 14 (56.0%) | ||
| Lubrication | 1 (100.0%) | 0 | 1 (4.0%) | ||
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| Frequency of use of eye drops | <4 times/day | 13 (81.2%) | 3 (18.8%) | 16 (64.0%) | 0.63∗ |
| ≥4 times/day | 6 (66.7%) | 3 (33.3%) | 9 (36.0%) | ||
∗Fisher's exact test.