Table 1. Demographic and professional characteristics of study participants and their association with T&CM use (N = 560).
| Participants’ characteristics | N (% within characteristic) | Use of T&CM | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes, N (% within category) | No, N (% within category) | |||
| Age (y), mean ± sd | 26.83±8.38 | 26.58±7.94 | 27.29±9.13 | 0.358* |
| Age groups (y) 18–20 21–25 26–35 36–45 46–55 >55 |
86 (15.6) 244 (44.2) 151 (27.4) 46 (8.3) 15 (2.7) 10 (1.8) |
49 (57.0) 170 (69.7) 99 (65.6) 24 (52.2) 11 (73.3) 4 (40.0) |
37 (43.0) 74 (30.3) 52 (34.4) 22 (47.8) 4 (26.7) 6 (60.0) |
0.047 |
| Gender Male Female Not reported |
183 (33.2) 368 (65.7) 9 (1.1) |
109 (59.6) 246 (65.6) |
74 (40.4) 123 (33.4) |
0.064 |
| Occupation Healthcare student Healthcare professional |
297 (53.0) 263 (47.0) |
192 (64.6) 167 (63.5) |
105 (35.4) 96 (36.5) |
0.423 |
| Healthcare students’ specialty Pharmacy/PharmD Medicine Nursing Clinical nutrition Dentistry Rehabilitation |
170 (57.6) 77 (26.0) 19 (6.4) 14 (4.7) 10 (3.4) 6 (2.0) |
124 (72.9) 37 (48.1) 14 (73.7) 10 (71.4) 5 (50.0) 1 (16.7) |
46 (27.1) 40 (51.9) 5 (26.3) 4 (28.6) 5 (50.0) 5 (83.3) |
<0.001 |
| Healthcare professional specialty PharmD/Clinical pharmacist Pharmacist Medical doctor Others (nurse, clinical nutritionist, dentist) |
104 (39.8) 100 (38.3) 46 (17.6) 11 (2.0) |
66 (63.5) 62 (62.0) 29 (63.0) 9 (81.8) |
38 (36.5) 38 (38.0) 17 (37.0) 2 (18.2) |
0.418 |
| Nationality Jordanian Non-Jordanian |
483 (86.2) 77 (13.8) |
307 (63.6) 51 (66.2) |
176 (36.4) 26 (33.8) |
0.732 |
| Practicing currently in Jordan Yes No |
180 (68.4) 83 (31.6) |
119 (66.1) 48 (57.8) |
61 (33.9) 35 (42.2) |
0.412 |
| Practicing in specialization field Yes No |
188 (72.9) 70 (27.1) |
117 (62.2) 46 (65.7) |
71 (37.8) 24 (34.7) |
0.799 |
| For healthcare students, year of the study First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth |
18 (6.6) 36 (13.1) 58 (21.1) 93 (33.8) 44 (16.0) 26 (9.5) |
11 (61.1) 17 (47.2) 37 (63.8) 62 (66.7) 26 (59.1) 22 (84.6) |
7 (38.9) 19 (52.8) 21 (36.2) 31 (33.3) 18 (40.9) 4 (15.4) |
0.122 |
| Current location Amman Other part of Jordan Outside Jordan |
388 (71.1) 126 (23.1) 32 (5.9) |
259 (66.8) 78 (61.9) 16 (50) |
129 (33.2) 48 (38.1) 16 (50) |
0.124 |
| Working in contact with COVID patients Yes No Maybe |
171 (30.5) 324 (57.9) 65 (11.7) |
122 (71.3) 194 (59.9) 43 (66.2) |
49 (28.7) 130 (40.1) 22 (33.8) |
P = 0.015 |
| Vaccinated against COVID 19 Yes No Maybe |
441 (78.8) 115 (20.5) 4 (0.7) |
282 (63.9) 75 (65.2) 2 (50) |
169 (36.1) 40 (34.8) 2 (50) |
0.814 |
| Had symptoms of COVID 19/tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 Yes No Maybe Not answered |
80 (14.3) 175 (31.3) 6 (1.1) 299 (53.4) |
56 (70.0) 105 (60.0) 6 (100.0) 192 (64.2) |
24 (30.0) 70 (40.0) 0 (0.0) 107 (35.8) |
0.119 |
| Having chronic illness Yes No Maybe |
44 (7.9) 502 (89.6) 14 (2.5) |
31 (70.5) 322 (64.1) 6 (42.9) |
13 (29.5) 180 (35.9) 8 (57.1) |
0.303 |
| Currently receiving medications for other medical problems Yes No Maybe |
89 (15.9) 464 (82.9) 7 (1.3) |
60 (67.4) 297 (64.0) 2 (28.6) |
29 (32.6) 167 (36.0) 5 (71.4) |
0.118 |
| Currently receiving aspirin Yes No Maybe |
29 (5.2) 516 (92.1) 11 (2.0) |
25 (86.2) 323 (62.6) 10 (90.9) |
4 (13.8) 193 (37.4) 1 (9.1) |
0.005 |
*By independent sample t-test.
P-values in bold indicate statistically significant difference.