Table 1 Extracted study characteristics
Author, year | Country | Sample size | Recall Period (Month) | prevalence of medicine storage (%, household) | Medicines per Household, Mean [SD] | Potential Wastage (%, medicine) | Real Wastage (%, medicine) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abou-Auda 2002, [16] | Saudi Arabia | 1554 | In 2001 | 99.67 | 8 [4.3] | 4.26 | 21.54 |
Abou-Auda 2002, [16] | Persian Gulf Countries | 87 | In 2001 | – | 7.1 | 3.3 | 38 |
Abushanab et al. 2013, [62] | Jordan | 243 | 6 | 90 | 10.9 [5.2] | 54.9 | 12.75 |
B Banwat et al. 2016, [63] | Nigeria | 130 | – | 80.8 | 4.9 | 65.8 | 0.1 |
Dayom DW et al. 2014, [25] | Nigeria | 300 | – | 70 | 1.6 | – | 39 |
Deviprasad et al. 2016, [64] | India | 114 | 2 | 38 | 1.62 | 9 | 9 |
Gitawati 2014, [65] | Indonesia | 250 | 1 | 82 | 4.9 | 69.2 | – |
Gupta et al. 2011, [66] | India | 97 | 6 | 94.8 | 12.2 | – | 26 |
Jassim 2010, [3] | Iraq | 300 | 2007–2008 | 94 | 14.26 | 55.2 | 13.36 |
Justin et al. 2002, [67] | Tanzania | 400 | – | 73.3 | 1.9 | 35.3 | – |
Kumar et al. 2013, [68] | India | 500 | 6 | 74.6 | 4 | 28.5 | 1.56 |
Kusturica et al. 2012, [61] | Serbia | 108 | 6 | – | 11.3 | 16.7 | 10.3 |
Kusturica et al. 2016, [69] | Serbia | 383 | over 8 | – | 11.4 | – | 9.2 |
Martin s et al. 2017, [70] | Brazil | 267 | 2 | – | 3.7 [2.1] | 38.4 | 5.7 |
Mirza et al. 2016, [28] | India | 400 | 2012–2014 | 93.75 | 5.11 [3.42] | 38 | 3.39 |
Ocan et al. 2014, [23] | Uganda | 892 | 2 | 35.1 | 6 [5] | 51.8 | – |
Ristic et al. 2016, [71] | Serbia | 2600 | 6 | – | 8.2 | 56.3 | 12.22 |
Sooksriwong et al. 2013, [72] | Thailand | 500 | 3 | 71 | 6.2 | 34 | 3.7 |
Teni et al. 2017, [73] | Ethiopia | 771 | 1 | 44.2 | 1.85 [1] | 41.1 | 3.14 |
Yousif et al. 2002, [74] | Sudan | 469 | 2 | 97.7 | 4.4 | 47.2 | 18.2 |
Zargarzadeh et al. 2005, [75] | Iran | 533 | 6 | 96 | 22.99 [20.1] | 53.8 | 38.8 |