Self-Medication Practices, Prevalence, and Associated Factors among Syrian Adult Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study

<table class="table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Complaint</td><td class="align_center"><i>n</i> (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Headache</td><td class="align_center">226 (28.7)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Cough and flu</td><td class="align_center">126 (16)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Fever</td><td class="align_center">61 (7.8)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Body aches</td><td class="align_center">110 (14)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Digestive complaints</td><td class="align_center">62 (7.9)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Toothache</td><td class="align_center">57 (7.2)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Allergy</td><td class="align_center">25 (3.2)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Skin infections</td><td class="align_center">20 (2.5)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Dysmenorrhea</td><td class="align_center">11 (1.4)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Other</td><td class="align_center">39 (4.9)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Indications for self-medication.</div>

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

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Table 4: Self-Medication Practices, Prevalence, and Associated Factors among Syrian Adult Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study 