Table 3 Socio-demographic, characteristics of the healthcare workers in the patient study and their medication instructions for the patients (n=54)
Characteristic | n (%) |
|---|---|
Sex | |
Female | 44 (81.5) |
Ethnic group | |
Lao | 33 (61.1) |
Phouthay | 14 (25.9) |
Mangkong | 6 (11.1) |
Missing | 1 (1.9) |
Profession | |
Primary health care | 21 (38.9) |
Nurse | 19 (35.2) |
Medical doctor | 6 (11.1) |
Midwife | 6 (11.1) |
Laboratory technician | 2 (3.7) |
Experience in profession; years, median (interquartile range) | 10 (2-32) |
Medication instruction (multiple answers allowed) | |
Giving oral instruction | 54 (100) |
Giving written instruction | 1 (1.9) |
Contents of medication instructions (multiple answers allowed) | |
Number of tablets per dose | 54 (100) |
Number of doses per day | 54 (100) |
Number of days of the regimen | 53 (98.1) |
Importance of continuing to take medicines | 41 (75.9) |
Side effects of medicine | 29 (53.7) |
Effect of medicine | 23 (42.6) |
Confirmed understanding of the patient | |
Yes | 51 (94.4) |
No | 0 (0.0) |
Missing | 3 (5.6) |