Research Article
Prevalence and Factors Associated with Self-Medication in Dermatology in Togo
Table 1
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients with dermatologic diseases practicing self-medication in Lomé, 2016.
| | Characteristics of patients | Total
(%) | Self-medication | value | Yes
(%) | No
(%) |
| | Age | | | | | | More than 60 years | 9 (1.3) | 5 (55.5) | 4 (44.5) | 0.40 | | 35–60 years | 193 (27.1) | 140 (72.5) | 53 (27.5) | | 15–35 years | 509 (71.6) | 336 (66.0) | 173 (44.0) | | Sex | | | | | | Female | 439 (61.8) | 284 (64.7) | 155 (35.3) | 0.02 | | Male | 272 (38.2) | 197 (72.4) | 75 (27.6) | | Health insurance | | | | | | No | 590 (83.0) | 406 (68.8) | 184 (31.2) | 0.13 | | Yes | 121 (17.0) | 75 (61.9) | 46 (38.1) | | Education level | | | | | | Nonschooled | 144 (20.3) | 98 (68.1) | 46 (31.9) | | | Primary school | 180 (25.3) | 136 (75.6) | 44 (24.6) | 0.02 | | Secondary school | 241 (33.9) | 161 (66.8) | 80 (33.2) | | High level school | 146 (20.5) | 86 (58.9) | 60 (41.1) | | Distance traveled | | | | | | Less than 15 kilometers | 564 (79.3) | 369 (65.4) | 195 (34.6) | | | 15–30 kilometers | 59 (8.3) | 42 (71.2) | 17 (28.8) | 0.04 | | 30–100 kilometers | 62 (8.7) | 49 (79.0) | 13 (21.0) | | More than 100 kilometers | 26 (3.7) | 21 (80.8) | 5 (19.2) | | Duration of dermatologic disease before consultation | | | | | | Less than 3 months | 233 (32.8) | 145 (62.2) | 88 (37.8) | 0.03 | | 3–6 months | 136 (19.1) | 61 (44.9) | 75 (55.1) | | 6–12 months | 55 (7.7) | 9 (16.4) | 46 (83.6) | | More than 12 months | 287 (40.4) | 266 (92.7) | 21 (7.3) | | Reasons for consultation | | | | | | Immunoallergic dermatosis | 282 (39.7) | 194 (68.8) | 88 (31.2) | <0.01 | | Tumoral dermatosis | 21 (3.0) | 11 (52.4) | 10 (47.6) | | STI | 19 (2.7) | 14 (73.7) | 5 (26.3) | | Adnexal dermatosis | 55 (7.7) | 38 (69.1) | 17 (30.9) | | Bacterial skin infections | 53 (7.4) | 37 (69.8) | 16 (30.2) | | Viral skin infections | 28 (3.9) | 13 (46.4) | 15 (53.6) | | Fungal skin infections | 70 (9.8) | 61 (87.1) | 9 (12.9) | | Parasitic skin infections | 11 (1.5) | 9 (81.8) | 2 (18.2) | | Keratinisation disorders | 29 (4.1) | 24 (82.8) | 5 (17.2) | | Dyschromia | 41 (5.8) | 24 (58.5) | 17 (41.5) | | Dysimmunity dermatosis | 46 (6.5) | 26 (56.5) | 20 (43.5) | | Others skin diseases | 56 (7.9) | 30 (53.6) | 26 (46.4) |
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STI: sexual transmitted infections.
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