Table 6 Participants鈥� medication storage practices stratified by education level
Cases | Education level N (%) | P value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No formal education | Primary school | Secondary school | 贬颈驳丑听蝉肠丑辞辞濒 | University | Postgraduate | ||
Keeping medication in original container | 0.479 | ||||||
鈥僘别蝉 | 12 (100) | 28 (100) | 59 (97) | 189 (95) | 1668 (94) | 146 (97) | 听 |
鈥僋辞 | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00 | 2 (3) | 9 (5) | 99 (6) | 5 (3) | 听 |
Checking the expiration date before using the medications | 0.545 | ||||||
鈥僘别蝉 | 12 (100) | 27 (96) | 55 (90) | 185 (93) | 1649 (93) | 145 (96) | 听 |
鈥僋辞 | 0 (0.00) | 1 (4) | 6 (10) | 13 (7) | 118 (7) | 6 (4) | 听 |
Checking the expiration date of stored medications periodically | 0.203 | ||||||
鈥僘别蝉 | 6 (50) | 20 (71) | 49 (80) | 151 (76) | 1260 (71) | 110 (73) | 听 |
鈥僋辞 | 6 (50) | 8 (29) | 12 (20) | 47 (24) | 507 (29) | 41 (27) | 听 |
Reading the storing instructions of medications written on the leaflet | 0.0037* | ||||||
鈥僘别蝉 | 4 (33) | 17 (61) | 43 (70) | 148 (75) | 1108 (63) | 94 (62) | 听 |
鈥僋辞 | 8 (67) | 11 (39) | 18 (30) | 50 (25) | 659 (37) | 57 (38) | 听 |
Asking the pharmacist about the storing instructions | 鈥�&濒迟;鈥�0.0001* | ||||||
鈥僘别蝉 | 5 (42) | 15 (54) | 31 (51) | 79 (40) | 505 (29) | 37 (25) | 听 |
鈥僋辞 | 7 (58) | 13 (46) | 30 (49) | 119 (60) | 1262 (71) | 114 (75) | 听 |
Writing the expiration date on the new container | 0.0011* | ||||||
鈥僘别蝉 | 4 (33) | 18 (64) | 30 (49) | 97 (49) | 664 (38) | 56 (37) | 听 |
鈥僋辞 | 8 (67) | 10 (36) | 31 (51) | 101 (51) | 1103 (62) | 95 (63) | 听 |