Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristic of respondents by SM
From: Prevalence of self-medication practice among health sciences students in Kermanshah, Iran
Variables | Total N (%) | Self-medicating N (%) | Non self-medicating N (%) | Statistical tests | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 69 (100) | 61 (88.4) | 8 (11.6) | X2 = 0.023 P = 0.881 |
Female | 181 (100) | 163 (90.1) | 18 (9.9) | ||
Age | 18–24 | 213 (100) | 191 (89.7) | 22 (10.3) | X2 = 0.008 P = 0.559 |
≥ 25 | 37 (100) | 33 (89.2) | 4 (10.8) | ||
Marital states | Single | 234 (100) | 209 (89.3) | 25 (10.7) | X2 = 0.316 P = 0.487 |
Married | 16 (100) | 15 (93.8) | 1 (6.2) | ||
Field of study | Medicine | 83 (100) | 78 (94.1) | 5 (6) | N/A |
Nursing | 17 (100) | 16 (94) | 1 (5.9) | ||
Midwifery | 18 (100) | 15 (83.3) | 3 (16.7) | ||
Dentistry | 11 (100) | 10 (90.9) | 1 (9.1) | ||
Pharmacy | 19 (100) | 17 (89.5) | 2 (10.5) | ||
Paramedics | 65 (100) | 56 (84.8) | 10 (15.2) | ||
Health | 36 (100) | 32 (88.9) | 4 (11.1) | ||
Level of graduation | BSC student | 138 (100) | 121 (87.7) | 17 (12.3) | X2 = 3.373 P = 0.185 |
MSc student | 12 (100) | 12 (100) | 0 (0.0) | ||
PhD student | 100 (100) | 91 (91) | 9 (9.0) | ||
Location | Living with family | 142 (100) | 131 (92.3) | 11 (7.3) | X2 = 2.484 P = 0.086 |
dormitory | 108 (100) | 93 (86.1) | 15 (13.9) | ||
Insurance | Yes | 218 (100) | 193 (88.5) | 25 (11.5) | X2 = 2.084 P = 0.123 |
No | 32 (100) | 31 (96.6) | 1 (3.1) | ||
Family income (US $) | ≤ 307 | 41 (100) | 35 (85.4) | 6 (14.6) | N/A |
308–613 | 96 (100) | 87 (90.6) | 9 (9.4) | ||
≥ 614 | 111 (100) | 101 (91) | 10 (9) | ||