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Table 1 Sociodemographic and behavioural characteristics of study participants at WSUTRH, February 2021 to July 2021

From: Incidence of adverse drug events in patients hospitalized in the medical wards of a teaching referral hospital in Ethiopia: a prospective observational study

Variable

Frequency

%

Sex

Male

114

47.5

Female

126

52.5

Age, year

44 (±18)

Residence

Urban

120

50.0

Rural

120

50.0

Marital status

Married

191

79.6

Single

47

19.6

Divorced

2

0.83

Educational status

No formal education

51

21.2

Primary

98

40.8

Secondary

78

32.5

Tertiary

13

5.4

Occupation

Student

41

17.1

Gov’t employee

58

24.2

Merchant

66

27.5

Self-employed

15

6.2

Farmer

26

10.8

Unemployed

24

10.0

NGO

7

2.9

Retired

3

1.2

Alcohol use history

7

2.9

Cigarette smoke history

7

2.9

Traditional medicine use history

8

3.3

  1. NGO Non-Governmental Organization