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. 2022 Jun 8;42:106. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2022.42.106.34529

Table 3.

respondents' perception of unused/expired medications

Statements Strongly agree/agree Neither agrees/disagree Strongly disagree/disagree
n (%) n (%) n (%)
Unused and expired medicines present potential risks at home 458 (85.8) 64 (12) 12 (2.3)
Children are more vulnerable to risks associated with unused and expired household medicines 501 (93.8) 23 (4.3) 10 (1.9)
There is a lack of adequate information on what to do with unused and expired household medicines 500 (93.6) 19 (3.6) 15 (2.8)
Healthcare professionals advise on what to do with unused and expired household medicines 125 (23.4) 107 (20.0) 302 (56.6)
There should be a program/ strategy to retrieve all unused, leftover, or expired medicines 475 (88.9) 43 (8.1) 16 (3.0)

N: sample size; n: number of responses