Table 3 Characteristics of the respondents, per country
Country | p-value* | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Belgium | Germany | Netherlands | Spain | ||||||
Total number of participants | 136 | 146 | 136 | 215 | |||||
n | %a | n | %a | n | %a | n | %a | ||
Gender | |||||||||
Male | 135 | 34.6 | 145 | 34.2 | 136 | 41.2 | 214 | 47.0 | 0.175 |
Female | 64.7 | 65.1 | 58.8 | 52.6 | |||||
Age Category | |||||||||
18-25 | 5.9 | 1.4 | 3.7 | 6.5 | |||||
26-34 | 134 | 11.8 | 145 | 10.3 | 136 | 5.9 | 213 | 20.5 | < 0.001* |
35-44 | 18.4 | 24.7 | 26.5 | 27.0 | |||||
45-54 | 32.4 | 21.2 | 23.5 | 22.8 | |||||
55-64 | 15.4 | 19.2 | 27.2 | 14.0 | |||||
65-75 | 14.7 | 22.6 | 13.2 | 8.4 | |||||
Educational level | |||||||||
Not completed primary education | 11.0 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 5.1 | |||||
Completed primary education | 14.7 | 32.2 | 5.9 | 19.1 | |||||
Lower vocational training | 132 | 22.8 | 145 | 32.2 | 128 | 19.1 | 215 | 16.7 | < 0.001* |
Intermediate vocational training | 25.7 | 17.8 | 41.9 | 19.5 | |||||
University | 22.8 | 16.4 | 25.7 | 39.5 | |||||
Use of motorised vehicles | |||||||||
Sporadic users | 136 | 33.1 | 146 | 34.9 | 136 | 47.8 | 215 | 31.2 | 0.012* |
Frequent users | 66.9 | 65.1 | 52.2 | 68.8 | |||||
Use of driving-impairing medicines | |||||||||
Use of 1 medicine | 65.2 | 70.8 | 71.2 | 75.0 | |||||
Use of 2 medicines | 28.1 | 25.0 | 23.5 | 21.2 | |||||
Use of 3 medicines | 135 | 5.9 | 144 | 4.2 | 132 | 4.5 | 212 | 2.8 | 0.734 |
Use of 4 medicines | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.9 | |||||
Experienced side effects | |||||||||
No | 132 | 51.5 | 146 | 48.6 | 134 | 37.3 | 211 | 29.9 | < 0.001* |
Yes | 48.5 | 51.4 | 62.7 | 70.1 | |||||
Knowledge b | |||||||||
About the risk of having a road accident when using medicinesc | 2.4 (1.0) | 2.4 (1.1) | 2.3 (1.0) | 2.3 (0.9) | 0.882 | ||||
Attitude b | |||||||||
Use of medicines and drivingc | 2.3 (0.9) | 2.8 (1.4) | 1.9 (0.8) | 2.1 (1.1) | < 0.001* | ||||
Consequences of driving under the influence of impairing medicinesd | 3.5 (0.9) | 4.0 (0.9) | 3.4 (0.9) | 3.6 (0.8) | < 0.001* | ||||
Reported behaviour - change in the frequency of driving | |||||||||
No | 42 | 61.9 | 64 | 71.9 | 79 | 81.0 | 120 | 74.2 | 0.149 |
Yes | 38.1 | 28.1 | 19.0 | 25.8 | |||||
Reported behaviour - change in the use of driving-impairing medicines | |||||||||
No | 38 | 57.9 | 65 | 55.4 | 75 | 81.3 | 118 | 56.8 | 0.002* |
Yes | 42.1 | 44.6 | 18.7 | 43.2 | |||||