Characteristics | Category | Self-Medication | Crude OR | 95%CI | P-Value | |
Yes (%) | No (%) | |||||
Sex | ||||||
Female | 96(85.0%) | 17(15.0%) | 2.00 | (1.12, 3.58) | 0.019 | |
Male | 203(73.8%) | 72(26.2%) | 1 | |||
Age | ||||||
>=22 | 126(73.7%) | 45(26.3%) | 0.712 | (0.44, 1.15) | 0.161 | |
<=21 | 173(79.9%) | 44(20.3%) | 1 | |||
Field of study | ||||||
Midwifery | 43(89.6%) | 5(10.4%) | 3.02 | (1.15, 7.96) | 0.025 | |
Nursing | 35(87.5%) | 5(12.5%) | 2.46 | (0.92, 6.55) | 0.072 | |
Public health | 34(72.3%) | 13(27.7%) | 0.92 | (0.46, 1.85) | 0.813 | |
| Anesthesia | 2(66.7%) | 1(33.3% | 0.70 | (0.06, 7.88) | 0.775 |
Medicine | 185(74%) | 65(26%) | 1 | |||
Year of study | ||||||
First | 78(82.1%) | 17(17.9%) | 1 |
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| Second | 103(74.6%) | 35(25.4%) | 0.64 | (0.34, 1.23) | 0.18 |
Third | 39(76.5%) | 12(23.5%) | 0.71 | (0.31, 1.63) | 0.417 | |
Fourth | 22(66.7%) | 11(33.3%) | 0.44 | (0.18, 1.07) | 0.069 | |
Fifth | 26(76.5%) | 8(23.5%) | 0.71 | (0.27, 1.83) | 0.477 | |
Six | 31(83.8%) | 6(16.2%) | 1.13 | (0.41, 3.12) | 0.819 | |
Self-medication is accepted for low income segment of population | ||||||
Agree | 106(82.8%) | 22(17.2%) | 1.67 | (0.98, 2.86) | 0.06 | |
Disagree | 193(74.2%) | 67(25.8%) | 1 | |||
Health science students have the right to self-medicate | ||||||
Agree | 191(77.3%) | 56(22.7%) | 1.04 | (0.64, 1.70) | 0.869 | |
Disagree | 108(76.6%) | 33(23.4%) | 1 |