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

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