Questions | Overall Evaluation number (%) | P-value | ||||
Enough | Intermediate | Not enough | Total | |||
Did the physician inform you about the function of each medication? | All of the medications | 145 (84.8) | 52 (71.2) | 11 (36.7) | 208 (75.9) | 0.0001 |
Some of the medications | 16 (9.4) | 9 (12.3) | 1 (3.3) | 26 (9.5) | ||
None | 10 (5.8) | 12 (16.4) | 18 (60) | 40 (14.6) | ||
Did the physician provide instructions regarding methods of administration? (e.g. oral , inhaler… etc) | All of the medications | 154 (90.1) | 59 (80.8) | 16 (53.3) | 229 (83.6) | 0.0001 |
Some of the medications | 11 (6.4) | 6 (8.2) | 1 (3.3) | 18 (6.6) | ||
None | 6 (3.5) | 8 (11) | 13 (43.3) | 27 (9.9) | ||
Did the physician provide instructions related to the medication(s) dosage? | All of the medications | 151 (88.3) | 57 (78.1) | 12 (40) | 220 (80.3) | 0.0001 |
Some of the medications | 11 (6.4) | 6 (8.2) | 0 (0) | 17 (6.2) | ||
None | 9 (5.3) | 10 (13.7) | 18 (60) | 37 (13.5) | ||
Did the physician provide instructions related to the duration of each medication intake? | All of the medications | 154 (90.1) | 56 (76.7) | 17 (56.7) | 227 (82.8) | >0.0001 |
Some of the medications | 11 (6.4) | 6 (8.2) | 0 (0) | 17 (6.2) | ||
None | 6 (3.5) | 11 (15.1) | 13 (43.3) | 30 (10.9) | ||
Did the physician provide instructions related to the side effects of each medication? | All of the medications | 37 (21.6) | 9 (12.3) | 1 (3.3) | 47 (17.2) | 0.039 |
Some of the medications | 9 (5.3) | 3 (4.1) | 0 (0) | 12 (4.4) | ||
None | 125 (73.1) | 61 (83.6) | 29 (96.7) | 215 (78.5) |