Prevalence and Associated Factors of Self-Medication among Pregnant Women on Antenatal Care Follow-Up at University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital in Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 6
Binary logistic regression analysis of factors associated with self-medication, self-medication with conventional medicine, and self-medication with herbal medicine among pregnant women at UoGCSH, 2018.
(a) Model 1: binary logistic regression analysis of factors associated with self-medication
Characteristics
Self-medication
COR with 95% CI
AOR with 95% CI
value
Yes
No
Age group in years
18-27
74
119
0.604 (0.406, 0.899)
0.776 (0.474, 1.274)
0.315
>28
105
102
1.655 (1.112, 2.465)
Monthly income
0.022
<3000
72
87
1
1
3000-6000
60
97
0.74 (0.477, 1.170)
0.934 (0.547, 1.593)
0.801
>6000
47
37
1.535 (0.902, 2.613)
2.441 (1.197, 4.977)
0.014
Previous history of self-medication
Yes
169
91
24.123 (12.087, 48.223)
26.816 (13.064, 15,064)
0.001
No
10
130
1
(b) Model 2: binary logistic regression analysis of factors associated with self-medication with conventional medicine
Characteristics
SMCM
COR with 95% CI
AOR with 95% CI
value
Yes
No
Age group in years
18-27
19
174
0.620 (0.337, 1.139)
0.589 (0.311, 1.14)
0.103
>28
31
176
1
Monthly income
0.139
<3000
25
134
2.425 (0.953, 6.170)
2.669 (1.013, 7.035)
0.047
3000-6000
19
138
1.790 (0.686, 4.669)
2.154 (0.804, 5.771)
0.127
>6000
6
78
1
Previous history of self-medication
Yes
45
215
5.651 (2.188, 14.593)
5.223 (2.007, 13.592)
0.001
No
5
135
1
(c) Model 3: binary logistic regression analysis of factors associated self-medication with herbal medicine
