Out-of-Hospital Administration of Medication without Prescription and Associated Factors among Preschool Children

Table 3

Multivariable model to explore factors associated with the administration of antipyretics-analgesics.

Factors			value
Child’s age group in years			0.011
≤2	0.64	(0.242–1.684)	0.364
>2–4	0.61	(0.416–0.902)	0.013
>4–	1
≥6	0.07	(0.012–0.427)	0.004
No answer	1.21	(0.245–6.021)	0.813
Father’s educational level			0.018
Compulsory	0.6	(0.351–1.016)	0.057
High school	1
University graduate	0.69	(0.440–1.071)	0.097
Postgraduate	0.36	(0.192–0.684)	0.002
No answer	1.07	(0.348–3.306)	0.903
Mother’s nationality			0.038
	1
Others	1.75	(1.030–2.983)	0.038
Marital status			0.04
	1
Single	0.79	(0.365–1.729)	0.561
Divorced	0.36	(0.160–0.795)	0.012
Are you familiar with the term “medicines given without prescription”			<0.001
No	0.27	(0.139–0.503)	<0.001
	1
No answer	3.27	(1.808–5.905)	<0.001
Time elapsed before requesting paediatric consultation			<0.001
<1 day	0.38	(0.237–0.610)	<0.001
1-2	1
2–4 days	1.8	(0.818–3.981)	0.144
>4 days	0.91	(0.303–2.744)	0.87
I did not ask for consultation	0.4	(0.188–0.831)	0.014
No answer	0.24	(0.114–0.512)	<0.001
Did you first refer to the pharmacy box in your house?			0.048
No	0.83	(0.530–1.315)	0.435
	1
No answer	0.35	(0.154–0.809)	0.014
Were you certain that you had all relevant information?			0.032
No	0.49	(0.287–0.836)	0.009
	1
No answer	1.02	(0.382–2.730)	0.967
Were you aware of the active substances and ingredients included in the medicines you administered?			0.011
No	0.97	(0.611–1.545)	0.903
	1
No answer	0.25	(0.102–0.624)	0.003
I tend to buy medicines that are advertised			<0.001
	1
Yes	0.35	(0.134–0.907)	0.031
No answer	103.09	(11.920–891.554)	<0.001
I tend to buy medicines that friends or relatives have used			0.004
	1
Yes	0.59	(0.208–1.690)	0.328
No answer	0.04	(0.005–0.274)	0.001
Were you informed by several sources regarding the medication?			0.03
No	0.47	(0.236–0.930)	0.03
	1
Were you informed by the pharmacist?			0.017
	1
Yes	1.77	(1.106–2.815)	0.017
Were you informed by relatives?			0.03
	1
Yes	7.47	(1.216–45.926)	0.03
Were you informed by a TV-advertisement?			<0.001
	1
Yes	0.04	(0.007–0.188)	<0.001
Were you informed by the Internet?			0.016
	1
Yes	0.38	(0.169–0.836)	0.016

category; = Odds Ratio; % CI = 95% Confidence Interval.