Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics and medical condition.
From: A population-based study of self-reported adverse drug events among Lebanese outpatients
Characteristic | Frequency (%)a |
|---|---|
Gender | |
Male | 1550 (49.2) |
Female | 1559 (49.5) |
Age (mean in years ± SD) | 54.33 ± 16.03 |
Marital status | |
Single | 464 (14.7) |
Married | 2350 (74.7) |
Widowed | 261 (8.3) |
Divorced | 42 (1.3) |
Level of education | |
Illiterate | 187 (5.9) |
Some school | 936 (29.7) |
High school | 1156 (36.8) |
Bachelor degree | 488 (15.5) |
Master’s degree | 232 (7.4) |
Doctoral degree | 70 (2.2) |
Employment status | |
Student | 61 (1.9) |
Self-employed | 686 (21.8) |
Employed | 802 (25.5) |
Unemployed | 983 (31.2) |
Retired | 455 (14.5) |
Geographic area of residence | |
Beirut | 523 (16.6) |
Mount Lebanon | 1486 (47.2) |
North | 180 (5.7) |
Bekaa | 495 (15.7) |
South/Nabatiyye | 438 (13.9) |
Number of Chronic Diseases per patient | |
1 | 1693 (53.8) |
2 | 714 (22.7) |
≥ 3 | 635 (20.2) |
Number of medications taken at home every day | |
1 | 371 (11.8) |
2 | 598 (19.0) |
3 | 981 (31.2) |
4 | 615 (19.5) |
≥ 5 | 432 (13.7) |
Chronic diseases (most common) | |
Hypertension | 1399 (44.4) |
Dyslipidemia | 992 (31.5) |
Diabetes Mellitus | 840 (26.7) |
Rheumatoid Arthritis | 280 (8.9) |
Asthma/COPD | 237 (7.5) |
Chronic Heart Failure | 144 (4.6) |
Depression | 50 (1.6) |
Osteoporosis | 41 (1.3) |
Intake of any oral liquid medication | 170 (5.4) |
Intake of any inhaled medication | 209 (6.6) |
Intake of any patch medication | 24 (0.8) |
Intake of any injectable medication | 227 (7.2) |
