Assessment of Self-Medication Practices and Its Associated Factors among Undergraduates of a Private University in Nigeria

Table 2

Use of antibiotics and analgesics among respondents.

	Frequency ()	Percentage
Use of antibiotics in the past one month
Yes	38	10.5
No	325	89.5
Source of supply of antibiotics
Doctor	9	2.5
School clinic	12	3.3
Hostel	3	0.8
From home	9	2.5
Others	5	1.4
Missing data/not applicable	325	89.5
Conditions which antibiotics were used
Sore throat	7	1.9
Bronchitis	5	1.4
Gastroenteritis	7	1.9
Urinary tract infection	4	1.1
Cough	13	3.6
Others	2	0.6
Missing data/not applicable	325	89.5
Use of analgesics in the past one month
Yes	258	71.1
No	105	28.9
Conditions analgesic was used for (multiple answers allowed)
Headache	167	46.0
Stomachache	26	7.2
Body pain	54	14.9
Muscle pain	15	4.1
Dysmenorrhoea	43	11.8
Fever	11	3.0
Cough/cold	11	3.0
Arthritis pain	4	1.1
Others	15	4.1
Missing data/not applicable	105	28.9