Prevalence and Determinants of Self-Medication Among Pregnant Women at an Antenatal Clinic at Soba Teaching Hospital, Sudan: A Cross-Sectional Analysis

02 October 2024 : Clinical Research

Malaz M. Almubarak^1ABCDEF, Eiman Eltayeb M. Ibrahim

^2ABCF, Syed Ahfaz Ali

^3DEFG, Wajid Syed

^4DEFG, Ayesha Iqbal

^5DEFG, Mahmood B. Basil A. Al-Rawi^6DFG, Bashir A. Yousef

^7ABCDEFG*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.945711

Med Sci Monit 2024; 30:e945711

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Table 7 Association between socio-demographic characteristics and self-medication practice (N=230).

Demographic characteristics	Frequency (%)	Self-medication practice (%)	Crude odd ratio (95% CI)	p-value	Adjusted odd ratio (95% CI)	p-value

<25	69 (30.0)	53 (76.8)	1 (base line)		1 (baseline)
25–30	89 (38.7)	72 (80.9)	1.275 (0.756–2.149)	0.362	1.456 (0.748–2.834)	0.469
>30	72 (31.3)	59 (81.9)	1.502 (0.891–2.532)	0.127	1.554 (0.824–2.932)	0.573

Illiterate	16 (7.0)	13 (81.3)	1 (baseline)		1 (baseline)
Elementary School	30 (13.0)	24 (80.0)	0.750 (0.524–1.073)	0.116	0.506 (0.318–0.804)	0.495
High School	72 (31.3)	56 (77.8)	0.896 (0.588–1.367)	0.611	0.658 (0.401–1.078)	0.347
College	105 (45.7)	84 (80.0)	0.720 (0.441–1.174)	0.188	0.482 (0.276–0.840)	0.584
Post-graduate studies	7 (3.0)	7 (100)	1.239 (0.769–1.831)	0.144	1.121 (0.669–1.811)	0.113

Employee	79 (34.3)	63 (79.7)	1 (baseline)		1 (baseline)
Unemployed	151 (65.7)	121 (80.1)	1.339 (0.718–2.498)	0.358	1.273 (0.562–2.2883)	0.563

>50000	69 (30)	9 (13.0)	1 (baseline)		1 (baseline)
50000–150000	104 (45.2)	26 (25.0)	1.565 (0.515–4.619)	0.430	1.534 (0.624–3.932)	0.513
>150000	57 (24.8)	11 (19.3)	1.255 (0.707–2.261)	0.388	1.275 (0.662–2.540)	0.289

Yes	64 (27.8)	48 (75.0)	1 (baseline)		1 (baseline)
No	166 (72.2)	136 (81.9)	1.264 (0.707–2.261)	0.581	1.139 (0.699–1.856)	0.601

Urban	147 (63.9)	115 (78.2)	1 (baseline)		1 (baseline)
Rural	83 (36.1)	69 (83.1)	0.996 (0.612–1.397)	0.411	0.973 (0.928–1.021)	0.465
Total	230 (100)	184 (80)

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