Patients’ Knowledge and Information Needs about Isotretinoin Therapy Use in Jordan

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of the participating patients (n = 367).

Characteristics	N (%)
Gender
Male	40 (10.9%)
Female	327 (89.1%)
Age (years)
16–25	321 (87.4%)
26–35	37 (10.1%)
36–45	5 (1.4%)
≥46	4 (1.1%)
Marital status
Married	22 (6%)
Others^†	345 (94%)
Education level
Low education^‡	23 (6.2%)
High education	344 (93.8%)
Occupation
Unemployed	17 (4.6%)
Student	231 (63%)
Medical field	98 (26.7%)
Nonmedical field	21 (5.7%)
Daily dose of isotretinoin
10–20 mg	313 (85.2%)
20–40 mg	50 (13.7%)
40–60 mg	4 (1.1%)
Period since starting the current isotretinoin course (months)
Less than or equal to six	203 (55.3%)
More than six	164 (44.7%)

^†Single, separated, divorced, and widowed. ^‡Low education: less than the university level.