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TABLE 2.

Characteristics of included articles according to sample size, age group and frequency of self-medication

Authors	Sample size (n)	Age group	Self-medication frequency (%)
Padoveze, Ferreira, Nasimento et al¹²	480	0-18 years	6.0
Mouhari-Toure, Kambaté, Saka et al¹³	600	10-99 years (mean 25 years)	44.0
Kovacs and Brito¹⁴	65	Adults over 18 years	55.4
Kilkenny, Stathakis, Jolley et al¹⁵	416	Adults	25.0
Kivelevitch, tahhan, Bourren et al¹⁶	176	Do not specify age groups (mean 49.4 years)	33.0
Estève, Ah-Toye, Nseir et al¹⁷	111	Do not specify age groups	16.0