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Table 5 Descriptive statistics of knowledge, attitude, practice, and prescription scores of physicians in Nigeria

From: Predictors of antibiotic prescriptions: a knowledge, attitude and practice survey among physicians in tertiary hospitals in Nigeria

Variable

Score

Score (n)

Score (%)

Good score

Average score

Poor score

 

Range

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Knowledge

0–28

19 (16, 21)

71.1(62, 79)

293 (22.3)

963 (73.4)

56 (4.3)

Attitude

15–75

57 (52, 62)

77 (72, 83)

531 (40.3)

786 (59.6)

1 (0.1)

Practice

13–65

49 (46, 52)

75 (72, 80)

416 (31.6)

899 (68.4)

0 (0)

Prescription

18–90

48 (43, 53)

53.3 (47.8, 58.9)

420 (31.7)

896 (67.7)

8 (0.6)

  1. n number of participants, IQR interquartile range