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Table 3 The effect of demographic characteristics and drug use habits on self-medication among university students

From: Self-medication practices and their characteristics among Iranian university students

 

Self-medication

Crude OR (CI95%) *

P value

Adjusted OR (CI95%)

P value

No N (%)

Yes N (%)

University (Medical university/Non-medical university (ref))

251 (53.6)

190 (50)

o.865 (0.659, 1.134)

0.3

______

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sex (Male/Female (ref))

261 (68.7)

119 (31.3)

0.76 (0.57,1.00)

0.56

______

___

Economic status (Bad, very bad/Moderate, good, very good (ref))

415 (88.7)

340 (89.5)

1.09 (0.70, 1.67)

0.7

______

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Have chronic disease (yes/No (ref))

12 (2.6)

26 (6.8)

2.8 (1.39, 5.60)

0.004

2.4 (1.2, 4.9)

0.02

Reading/checking the instructions in the prospectus (ever/Never or sometimes (ref))

166 (35.5)

111 (29.2)

0.75 (0.56, 1.00)

0.54

______

___

Heard the expression of rational drug use and rational use of antibiotics before (yes/No (ref))

249 (53.2)

228 (60)

1.319 (1.003, 1.735)

0.047

______

___

Self-medication by antibiotics (yes/No (ref))

171 (36.5)

229 (60.3)

2.63 (1.99, 3.48)

< 0.001

1.6 (1.2, 2.2)

0.002

Store drugs (yes/No (ref))

107 (22.9)

121 (31.8)

1.58 (1.16, 2.13)

0.003

1.5 (1.1, 2.1)

0.008

The number boxes of drugs they have unused or unfinished in their house

None

93 (19.9)

44 (11.6)

1.3 (0.99, 1.66)

0.05

______

___

1–5

209 (44.7)

136 (35.8)

______

___

6–10

65 (13.9)

51 (13.4)

______

___

> 10

101 (21.6)

149 (39.2)

______

___

Number of boxes of drugs thrown away even without opening the box, since the expiry date has lapsed in the last year

None

190 (40.6)

112 (29.5)

1.33 (1.35,1.57)

< 0.001

______

___

1–3

165 (35.3)

135 (35.5)

______

___

4–7

49 (10.5)

71 (18.7)

______

___

8–10

26 (5.6)

24 (6.3)

______

___

> 10

38 (8.1)

38 (10)

______

___

Have experience of complication drug (yes / No (ref))

179 (38.2)

164 (43.2)

1.22 (0.93, 1.62)

0.15

______

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Consulting to a pharmacist if had complication drug (yes/No (ref))

10 (2.2)

12 (3.2)

1.6 (0.54, 4.44)

0.41

______

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Consulting to a physician if had complication drug (yes / No (ref))

250 (54)

189 (50.3)

0.98 (51, 1.89)

0.95

______

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Consulting to family if had complication drug (yes/No (ref))

20 (4.3)

22 (5.9)

1.42 (0.59, 3.42)

0.43

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  1. * Odds Ratio (Confidence Interval 95%)