Table 3.

Distributions of Patients Misunderstanding of Dosing Instructions by General Characteristics of Patients Among Outpatients in Dessie Referral Hospital from February 10 to March 15, 2019

General Characteristics		Misunderstanding Dosing Instruction
		Dose		Frequency		Duration
		Frequency	%	Frequency	%	Frequency	%
Age (years)	15–24	0	0	25	10.86	17	10.69
	24–34	13	0.48	93	40.43	51	32.07
	35–44	7	13.2	33	14.34	17	10.69
	45–54	5	12.82	30	13.04	10	6.28
	55–64 +65	2 8	5.55 21.6	20 29	8.69 12.6	53 11	33.3 6.91
Association
		P=000		P=0.002		P=0.000
		χ2=33.5		χ2=58.2		χ2=69.9
Educational level	Illiterate	20	11.43	131	74.86	72	41.14
	Primary school	5	9.09	45	81.81	31	56.36
	Secondary school Higher education	2 8	4.44 7.07	32	71.11 45.13	17 24	37.77
Association							21.23
		P=0.0001		P=0.0001		P=0.000
		χ2 =132.51		χ2=68.94		χ2=91.83
Sex	Male Female	20 15	9.85 7.61	133 146	65.52 74.11	67 86	33
Association							43.65
		P=0.08		P=0.27		P=0.53
		χ2=2.92		χ2=1.21		χ2=0.408
Residence	Rural Urban	17 18	11.04 7.32	118 161	76.62 65.45	66 87	42.88
Association							35.37
		P=0.018		P=0.0022		P=0.0364
		χ2=5.56		χ2=9.32		χ2=4.37