Extent and Correlates of Self-Medication Practice among Community-Dwelling Adults in Eastern Ethiopia

Table 4

Bivariable logistic regression showing the factors associated with self-medication practice among adults in eastern parts of Ethiopia.

Factors	Categories	Self-medication		COR (95% CI)	value
		Yes	No
Sex	Male	24	190	1
	Female	74	359	1.63 (0.99-2.67)	0.051
Age in years	20-34	23	125	1
	35-50	32	200	0.87 (0.48-1.55)	0.637
	≥50	43	224	1.04 (0.60-1.81)	0.880
Marital status	Married	62	433	1
	Single	16	57	1.96 (1.06-3.63)	0.032
	Widowed	10	35	2.00 (0.94-4.23)	0.072
	Divorced	10	24	2.91 (1.33-6.38)	0.008
Family size	≤4	53	346	1
	>4	45	203	1.45 (0.94-2.23)	0.095
Educational status	Illiterate	8	11	6.49 (2.41-17.5)	0.0001
	Primary school	31	139	1.99 (1.15-3.46)	0.014
	Secondary school	31	149	1.86 (1.07-3.21)	0.027
	College and above	28	250	1
Occupational status	Government	15	200	1	0.0001
	Nongovernmental worker	82	349	3.17 (1.78-5.65)
Wealth index	Poorest	26	105	2.79 (1.32-5.92)	0.007
	Poorer	19	110	1.95 (0.89-4.27)	0.096
	Middle	23	116	2.24 (1.04-4.79)	0.039
	Wealthier	19	94	2.28 (1.04-5.02)	0.041
	Wealthiest	11	124	1
Cigarette smoking	No	83	501	1
	Yes	15	48	1.89 (1.01-3.52)	0.046
Drink alcohol	No	83	444	1.31 (0.73-2.36)	0.371
	Yes	15	105	1
Chew khat	No	9	119	1
	Yes	89	430	2.74 (1.34-5.59)	0.006
Stay at health facility	Long (≥2 hours)	23	96	1.45 (0.86-2.43)	0.161
	Short (<2 hours)	75	453	1
Knowledge on self-medication	Poor	68	126	7.61 (4.74-12.2)	0.0001
	Good	30	423	1

Note: associations are statistically significant at a value below 0.05 () and value below 0.01 ().