Table 5.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to essential medicines for acute condition, and association between difficulty accessing essential medicines and worsening of chronic condition
| Difficulty accessing required medicines during the pandemic | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Yes, N (%) | No, N (%) | |
| Acute condition | |||
| Yes | 52 (28.0) | 134 (72.0) | 0.379 |
| No | 0 (0.0) | 2 (100.0) | |
| Fisher’s exact value = 1.00; df = 1 | |||
| Worsening of chronic condition | |||
| Yes | 21 (84.0) | 4 (16.0) | 0.000 |
| No | 38 (27.9) | 98 (72.1) | |
| Fisher’s exact value = 0.00; df = 1 | |||
df = degree of freedom.