Characteristics

Category

Self-Medication

COR

95%CI

AOR

95%CI

P-Value

Yes (%)

Sex

Female

96 (85%)

2.00

(1.12, 3.58)

1.84

(1.01, 3.34)

0.046

Male

203 (73.8%)

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Age group (in years)

>=22

126 (73.7%)

0.712

(0.44, 1.15)

0.80

(0.47, 1.34)

0.41

<=21

173 (79.9%)

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Field of study

Midwifery

43 (89.6%)

3.02

(1.15, 7.96)

2.76

(1.03, 7.39)

0.043

Nursing

35 (87.5%)

2.46

(0.92, 6.55)

1.98

(0.72, 5.45)

0.188

Public Health

34 (72.3%)

0.92

(0.46, 1.85)

0.82

(0.39, 1.76)

0.937

Anesthesia

2 (66.7%)

0.70

(0.06, 7.88)

0.91

(0.08,10.33)

0.937

Medicine

185 (74%)

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Self-medication is accepted for low income segment of the population

Agree

106 (82.8%)

1.67

(0.98, 2.86)

1.76

(1.02, 3.06)

0.044

Disagree

193 (74.2%)

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