Prevalence and Factors Associated with Self-Medication in Dermatology in Togo

Table 2

Factors associated with self-medication among patients with dermatologic diseases in Lomé, 2016.

Characteristics of patients	aOR	95% CI
Female sex	1.44	[1.01; 2.05]
Education level
Nonschooled	Ref
Primary school	1.28	[0.76; 2.15]
Secondary school	0.89	[0.55; 1.43]
High level school	0.52	[0.30; 0.89]
Distance traveled
Less than 15 kilometers	Ref
15–30 kilometers	1.27	[0.68; 2.35]
30–100 kilometers	1.89	[0.94; 3.78]
More than 100 kilometers	2.13	[0.76; 5.98]
Duration of dermatologic disease before consultation
Less than 3 months	Ref
3–6 months	0.99	[0.61; 1.59]
6–12 months	0.90	[0.47; 1.72]
More than 12 months	1.79	[1.19; 2.68]
Reasons for consultation
Other skin diseases	Réf
Immunoallergic dermatosis	1.84	[0.99; 3.38]
Tumoral dermatosis	0.96	[0.33; 2.80]
STI	2.78	[0.85; 9.06]
Adnexal dermatosis	2.31	[1.03; 5.21]
Bacterial skin infections	1.94	[0.85; 4.39]
Viral skin infections	0.66	[0.25; 1.72]
Fungal skin infections	5.43	[2.20; 13.38]
Parasitic skin infections	3.47	[0.64; 18.79]
Keratinisation disorders	4.23	[1.36; 13.13]
Dyschromia	1.26	[0.54; 2.92]
Dysimmunity dermatosis	0.99	[0.43; 2.25]

STI: sexual transmitted infections.