District | Health facility | ||||||
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Ngami (n=1000; N=2137) | Gaborone (n=997; N=2097) | Kgalagadi (n=997; N=2227) | Clinics (n=2000; N=4209) | Health posts (n=994; N=2252) | Total (n=2994; N=6461) | Statistical significance† | |
Values are number (%). | |||||||
N=6461 dispensed drugs with information on labelling score; N1=6929 prescribed drugs; n=2994 patients. | |||||||
†Statistical significance: 1=Ngami-Gaborone, 2=Gaborone-Kgalagadi, 3=Ngami-Kgalagadi, 4=clinics/health posts; *p<0.01, **p <0.001. | |||||||
‡A maximum score of 4 could be obtained. | |||||||
Reason for prescription | 1932 (90) | 2011 (96) | 2030 (91) | 4024 (96) | 1949 (87) | 5973 (92) | 4* |
Dosage of prescription | 1717 (80) | 1841 (88) | 1796 (81) | 3660 (87) | 1694 (75) | 5354 (83) | 4** |
Number of days | 682 (32) | 1245 (59) | 992 (45) | 2148 (51) | 717 (32) | 2865 (44) | 1** 2** 3** 4** |
Name of drug | 504 (24) | 923 (44) | 555 (25) | 1488 (35) | 494 (22) | 1982 (31) | 1** 1** 4** |
Mean knowledge score (95% CI)‡ | 2.24 (2.20 to 2.28) | 2.87 (2.82 to 2.91) | 2.41 (2.37 to 2.45) | 2.59 (2.56 to 2.63) | 2.33 (2.29 to 2.37) | 2.50 (2.48 to 2.53) |