02 October 2024 : Clinical Research
Prevalence and Determinants of Self-Medication Among Pregnant Women at an Antenatal Clinic at Soba Teaching Hospital, Sudan: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
Malaz M. Almubarak1ABCDEF, Eiman Eltayeb M. Ibrahim
2ABCF, Syed Ahfaz Ali 3DEFG, Wajid Syed 4DEFG, Ayesha Iqbal 5DEFG, Mahmood B. Basil A. Al-Rawi6DFG, Bashir A. Yousef 7ABCDEFG*
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.945711
Med Sci Monit 2024; 30:e945711
Table 6 Pharmaceutical products and herbal remedies used for self-medication among population practicing self-medication (n=184).
| Variable | Self-medication | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (%) | No (%) | |||
| Age | <25 | 53 (76.8) | 16 (23.2) | 0.737 |
| 25–30 | 72 (80.9) | 17 (19.1) | ||
| >30 | 59 (81.9) | 13 (18.1) | ||
| Education | Illiterate | 13 (81.3) | 3 (18.7) | 0.575 |
| Elementary School | 24 (80.0) | 6 (20.0) | ||
| High School | 56 (77.8) | 16 (22.2) | ||
| College | 84 (80.0) | 21 (20.0) | ||
| Post-graduate studies | 7 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Job | Employee | 63 (79.7) | 16 (20.3) | 0.941 |
| Unemployed | 121 (80.1) | 30 (19.9) | ||
| Family income (SDG/Month) | <50000 | 60 (87.0) | 9 (13.0) | 0.644 |
| 50000–150000 | 78 (75.0) | 26 (25.0) | ||
| >150000 | 46 (80.7) | 11 (19.3) | ||
| Health insurance | Yes | 48 (75.0) | 16 (25.0) | 0.270 |
| No | 136 (81.9) | 30 (18.1) | ||
| Residence | Urban 147 | 115 (78.2) | 32 (21.8) | 0.377 |
| Rural 83 | 69 (83.1) | 14 (16.9) | ||
| Comorbidities | Hypertension | 10 (90.9) | 1 (9.1) | 0.487 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 12 (85.7) | 2 (14.3) | ||
| Asthma | 18 (87.0) | 5 (13.0) | ||
| Cardiovascular | 4 (80.0) | 1 (20.0) | ||
| Others | 16 (66.7) | 8 (33.3) | ||