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Table 2 Association between knowledge score of participants and their Sociodemographic (n = 450)

From: Assessment of pharmacovigilance activities among pharmacist interns in Nigeria: a cross-sectional study

Sociodemographic variable

Poor

Good

X2

(p value)

C

(p value)

Age (yrs)

21–25

13 (6.1)

201 (93.9)

4.190 (0.123)

0.093 (0.123)

26–30

23 (9.6)

216 (90.4)

 > 30

0

25 (100.0)

Gender

Male

31 (11.2)

247 (88.8)

12.5 (< 0.001**)

0.160 (< 0.001)

Female

5 (2.5)

195 (97.5)

Degree

Pharm. B

36 (7.6)

438 (92.4)

0.329 (0.567)

0.026 (0.567)

Pharm. D

0

4 (100)

Duration into internship program

 < 4 months

2 (5.9)

32 (94.7)

14.754 (< 0.001**)

0.173 (0.002)

4–6 months

8 (6.0)

125 (94.0)

7–9 months

16 (6.0)

249 (94.0)

 > 9 months

10 (21.7)

36 (78.3)

Place of internship

Tertiary hospital

35 (9.2)

345 (90.8)

7.982 (0.157)

0.128 (0.157)

Specialist hospital

0

39 (100)

Military hospital

0

20 (100)

Community pharmacy

0

15 (100)

Others

1 (4.3)

22 (95.7)

Ethnicity

Igbo

32 (8.8)

331 (91.2)

4.309 (0.230)

0.095 (0.230)

Yoruba

0

14 (100

Hausa

0

17 (100)

Others

4 (4.8)

80 (95.2)

Religion

Islam

3 (15.0)

17 (85.0)

1.822 (0.402)

0.062 (0.402)

Christianity

33 (7.2)

423 (92.8)

Others

0

2 (100)

  1. X2 Chi-square test of association, C contingency doefficient
  2. **Significant difference exist between groups (p < 0.01)