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Corrigendum to "Consumers' Perception of Generic Medicines and Evaluation of In Vitro Quality Control Parameters of Locally Manufactured Paracetamol Tablets in Asmara, Eritrea: A Cross-Sectional Study".

Idris Mohammed Idris1, Diyae Nesredin Hassan2, Hanan Abdelkadir Hassen2, Rahwa Zerabruk Araya2, Dawit G Weldemariam3.   

Abstract

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1155/2021/6642826.].
Copyright © 2021 Idris Mohammed Idris et al.

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Year:  2021        PMID: 34250092      PMCID: PMC8238560          DOI: 10.1155/2021/9808590

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Biomed Res Int            Impact factor:   3.411


In the article titled “Consumers' Perception of Generic Medicines and Evaluation of In Vitro Quality Control Parameters of Locally Manufactured Paracetamol Tablets in Asmara, Eritrea: A Cross-Sectional Study” [1], there were errors in Tables 3 and 5, as follows: In Table 3, the values included in the percentage column are incorrect due to an error introduced when transferring data from a spreadsheet to statistics software package
Table 3

Reasons for choosing or not choosing local paracetamol.

VariablesFrequency (n)Percent (%)
Choosing of paracetamol as a pain killerLocal19849.1
Imported19748.9
Both82

Reasons for choosing local paracetamolSame as importedYes73.5
No19196.5
It is cheaperYes21
No19699
Used before and worked wellYes12362.1
No7537.9
AvailabilityYes2613.1
No17286.9

Reasons for not choosing local paracetamolUsed before and did not worked wellYes3517.8
No16282.2
Cheaper so inferior qualityYes31.5
No19498.5
Took longer to have an effectYes4020.3
No15779.9
Imported one have higher qualityYes13166.5
No6633.5
Other people said its ineffectiveYes73.6
No19096.4
In Table 5, there was a typographical error in the last cell in the last row of the percentage column where 1.0657% should be corrected to 106.57%
Table 5

Dissolution test of the two batches of local paracetamol.

Dissolution test of PARA 1
Sample no.UV readingPercentage (%)
Sample 10.4115103.70%
Sample 20.3987100.40%
Sample 30.4413111.20%
Sample 40.402101.30%
Sample 50.4004100.90%
Sample 60.4759119.90%
Average0.42163106.25%
Dissolution test of PARA 2
Sample no.UV readingPercentage (%)
Sample 10.40155101.19%
Sample 20.4186105.50%
Sample 30.4355109.75%
Sample 40.4095103.20%
Sample 50.4419111.36%
Sample 60.4304108.47%
Average0.4229106.57%
The authors confirm that this does not affect the results and conclusions of the article, and the corrected tables are shown below.
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1.  Consumers' Perception of Generic Medicines and Evaluation of In Vitro Quality Control Parameters of Locally Manufactured Paracetamol Tablets in Asmara, Eritrea: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Authors:  Idris Mohammed Idris; Diyae Nesredin Hassan; Hanan Abdelkadir Hassen; Rahwa Zerabruk Araya; Dawit G Weldemariam
Journal:  Biomed Res Int       Date:  2021-03-26       Impact factor: 3.411

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