Research Article
Prevalence and Predictors of Self-Medication with Antibiotics in Al Wazarat Health Center, Riyadh City, KSA
Table 4
Multiple logistic regression (backward stepwise) of the use of “self-prescribed antibiotics” as dependent variable.
| | Independent variable | (SE) | value | Odds ratio (95% CI) |
| | Friend advice (yes versus no) | 1.999 (0.355) | 0.000 | 7.382 (3.684, 14.791) | | Pharmacy near (yes versus no) | 1.277 (0.346) | 0.000 | 3.584 (1.819, 7.061) | | Psychology (yes versus no) | 1.231 (0.355) | 0.001 | 3.425 (1.707, 6.869) | | Past experience (yes versus no) | 2.435 (0.392) | 0.002 | 11.413 (5.296, 24.594) | | Mild illness (yes versus no) | 1.057 (0.342) | 0.002 | 2.879 (1.473, 5.626) | | Gender (female versus male) | 1.212 (0.356) | 0.083 | 3.361 (1.673, 6.755) | | Job type (working versus no working) | −1.104 (0.315) | 0.087 | 0.332 (0.179, 0.615) | | Age group ii (31–44) | 0.449 (0.369) | 0.223 | 1.567 (0.761, 3.229) | | Age group iii (45 or more) | 1.070 (0.416) | 0.010 | 2.915 (1.289, 6.592) | | Primary school | 0.79 (0.571) | 0.166 | 2.203 (0.720, 6.741) | | Secondary school | 0.886 (0.562) | 0.115 | 2.426 (0.807, 7.293) | | Diploma | −1.142 (0.527) | 0.080 | 0.319 (0.114, 0.896) | | No formal schooling | −0.814 (0.486) | 0.094 | 0.443 (0.171, 1.150) |
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values less than 0.05 are considered statistically significant.
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