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Table 1 Demographic characteristics and clinical background of survey respondents (n = 1000)

From: A cross-sectional survey of knowledge, attitude, and willingness to engage in spontaneous reporting of adverse drug reactions by Korean consumers

Characteristics

Number (%)

Sex

 Male

509 (50.9)

 Female

491 (49.1)

Age

 mean ± SDa

44.4 ± 13.3

 Under 40 years

380 (38.0)

 40–65 years

532 (53.2)

 Over 65 years

88 (8.8)

Residential area

 Metropolitan

450 (45.0)

 Rural

550 (55.0)

Level of education

 Middle school or below

28 (2.8)

 High school graduate

227 (22.7)

 College or above

745 (74.5)

Average monthly incomeb

 1st quintile (highest)

77 (7.7)

 2nd quintile

199 (19.9)

 3rd quintile

258 (25.8)

 4th quintile

223 (22.3)

 5th quintile (lowest)

243 (24.3)

Continuous medication over 3 months

795 (79.5)

Ever used one or more medications within the recent year

866 (86.6)

Having healthcare professional family members or relatives

258 (25.8)

Experiences related to ADRs

 Experience of concerns about the occurrence of ADRs

642 (64.2)

 Experience of seeking drug safety information

581 (58.1)

 Experience of reading insert paper thoroughly

432 (43.2)

 Experience with ADRs

536 (53.6)

 Experience of request to healthcare professionals for counselling in drug safety

839 (83.9)

Experience of spontaneous adverse drug reaction reporting

34 (3.4)

Intent to report adverse drug reaction

592 (59.2)

  1. aThe mean age (± SD) is presented as a numeric value in the years unit
  2. bThe income data are based on national-level statistics provided by KOSIS20
  3. ADRs Adverse drug reactions, SD Standard deviation