Table 2: URTI-related knowledge of guardians and adult patients
| Total (n = 891) |
Guardians (n = 443) |
Adult patients (n = 448) |
p value* | ||||||||||
| No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | ||||||||
| Facts | |||||||||||||
| Cause of URTI | Bacteria | 446 | (52.7) | 229 | (52.8) | 217 | (52.5) | ||||||
| Virus | 265 | (31.3) | 126 | (29) | 139 | (33.7) | 0.135 | ||||||
| Others | 136 | (16.1) | 79 | (18.2) | 57 | (13.8) | |||||||
| Usual duration | 1 - 4 days | 249 | (28.2) | 122 | (27.9) | 127 | (28.5) | ||||||
| 5 - 7 days | 463 | (52.5) | 237 | (54.2) | 226 | (50.8) | 0.486 | ||||||
 8days
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170 | (19.3) | 78 | (17.8) | 92 | (20.7) | |||||||
| Injection hastens recovery | Yes | 426 | (48.4) | 189 | (43.6) | 237 | (53) | ||||||
| No | 176 | (20) | 81 | (18.7) | 95 | (21.3) | <0.001 | ||||||
| Don't know | 278 | (31.6) | 163 | (37.6) | 115 | (25.7) | |||||||
| Antibiotic is useful for URTI | Yes | 460 | (52.4) | 195 | (44.7) | 265 | (60) | ||||||
| No | 160 | (18.2) | 92 | (21.1) | 68 | (15.4) | <0.0001 | ||||||
| Don't know | 258 | (29.4) | 149 | (34.2) | 109 | (24.7) | |||||||
| URTI will resolve itself | Yes | 271 | (31.3) | 92 | (21.6) | 179 | (40.7) | ||||||
| No | 508 | (58.7) | 286 | (67.1) | 222 | (50.5) | <0.0001 | ||||||
| Don't know | 87 | (10) | 48 | (11.3) | 39 | (8.9) | |||||||
| Prevention | |||||||||||||
| Avoid "hot" food | Yes | 319 | (36.1) | 193 | (43.8) | 126 | (28.5) | <0.0001 | |||||
| No | 564 | (63.9) | 248 | (56.2) | 316 | (71.5) | |||||||
| Adequate rest | Yes | 755 | (85.5) | 377 | (85.5) | 378 | (85.5) | 0.989 | |||||
| No | 128 | (14.5) | 64 | (14.5) | 64 | (14.5) | |||||||
| Avoid stress | Yes | 321 | (36.4) | 155 | (35.1) | 166 | (37.6) | 0.457 | |||||
| No | 562 | (63.6) | 286 | (64.9) | 276 | (62.4) | |||||||
| Balanced diet | Yes | 651 | (73.7) | 344 | (78) | 307 | (69.5) | 0.004 | |||||
| No | 232 | (26.3) | 97 | (22) | 135 | (30.5) | |||||||
| More exercise | Yes | 633 | (71.7) | 302 | (68.5) | 331 | (74.9) | 0.035 | |||||
| No | 250 | (28.3) | 139 | (31.5) | 111 | (25.1) | |||||||
| Avoid crowd | Yes | 498 | (56.4) | 265 | (60.1) | 233 | (52.7) | 0.027 | |||||
| No | 385 | (43.6) | 176 | (39.9) | 209 | (47.3) | |||||||
| Avoid smoking | Yes | 345 | (39.1) | 163 | (37) | 182 | (41.2) | 0.199 | |||||
| No | 538 | (60.9) | 278 | (63) | 260 | (58.8) | |||||||
| Others | Yes | 25 | (2.8) | 15 | (3.4) | 10 | (2.3) | 0.308 | |||||
| No | 858 | (97.2) | 426 | (96.6) | 432 | (97.7) | |||||||
| Mean Knowledge score | t-test | ||||||||||||
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| About facts | 1.54 | 1.46 | 1.62 | 0.059 | |||||||||
| About prevention | 3.99 | 4.08 | 3.90 | 0.123 | |||||||||
| Total | 5.55 | 5.57 | 5.54 | 0.866 | |||||||||
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mark is given for getting a correct answer shown in italics Knowledge score = total mark obtained. Full score = 12 *p value for the chi-square test between guardians and adult patients |
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