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 drugsOR (95% CI) value
YesNo
(%) (%)

Knowledge on health effects of counterfeit drugs
 Yes138 (58.2)99 (41.8)2.954 [1.47–5.65]0.003
 No25 (44.6)31 (55.4)1
Respondent’s occupation
 Health workers21 (84.0)4 (16.0)2.158 [1.248–3.733]0.006
 Non-health workers142 (53.0)126 (47.0)1