Table 5.

Sources of and motives for nonmedical use (NMU) of sedatives-hypnotics in the 2014 and 2018 waves of the national survey in Taiwan

		NMU of sedatives-hypnotics
		2014			2018		Changes (%)
		n	%wt		n	%wt
Total		100	0.71		119	0.67	-0.04
Sources
	Pharmacy	52	53.54		27	18.44	-35.10*
	Places of entertainment	3	2.02		0	0.00	-2.02
	Relatives or friends	0	0.00		61	59.52	59.52*
	Doctors’ prescriptions	36	35.86		32	22.55	-13.31*
Motives
	Self-medication	97	98.11		115	96.41	-1.70
	Recreational use or others	8	5.32		5	2.23	-3.09

Note: n = unweighted number; %_wt=weighted prevalence

Totals may exceed 100% because response categories were “select all that apply”.

*P < 0.05 for a z-test comparing two proportions for changes (%)