Research Article
Public Awareness and Identification of Counterfeit Drugs in Tanzania: A View on Antimalarial Drugs
Table 5
Logistic regression on factors associated with identification of genuine and counterfeit drugs.
| Factors | Ability to distinguish between genuine and counterfeit drugs | OR (95% CI) | value | Yes | No | | | (%) | (%) |
| Knowledge on health effects of counterfeit drugs | | | | | Yes | 138 (58.2) | 99 (41.8) | 2.954 [1.47–5.65] | 0.003 | No | 25 (44.6) | 31 (55.4) | 1 | Respondent’s occupation | | | | | Health workers | 21 (84.0) | 4 (16.0) | 2.158 [1.248–3.733] | 0.006 | Non-health workers | 142 (53.0) | 126 (47.0) | 1 |
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