Table 3 Predictors of PIL readership among the participants

Gender

 Male

340 (82.5)

1^a

1^a

 female

695 (95.7)

1.16(1.12–1.22)

 < 0.001*

5.64 (3.53–9.02)

 < 0.001*

Age

  ≤ 40 years

613 (88.7)

1^a

1^a

  > 40 years

428 (94.5)

1.07 (1.03–1.10)

0.001*

2.80 (1.69–4.64)

 < 0.001*

Education

 Secondary or less

162 (84.8)

1^a

1^a

 More than secondary

875 (92.5)

2.02 (1.35–3.03)

0.001*

1.74 (1.06–2.85)

0.0027*

Comorbidities

 Yes

432 (90.6)

1^a

1^a

 No

609 (91.3)

1.01 (0.97–1.05)

0.67

0.8 (0.5–1.2)

0.224

Source of medicine

 Governmental hospital

353 (89.8)

1^a

1^a

 Private hospital

295 (93.1)

0.97 (0.92–1.01)

0.13

1.26 (0.71–2.23)

0.43

 Community pharmacies

391 (90.5)

0.99 (0.95–1.04)

0.11

1.14 (0.69–1.89)

0.60