Table III.

Analysis of variables that might influence drug use during early pregnancy: overall, psychotropics, and analgesics.¹

		Drugs2			Psychotropics			Analgesics
	N	n	%	p	n	%	p	n	%	p
	1111	541	49		56	5		496	46
Primipara	439	192	44		20	5		174	40
Multipara	671	349	52	0.013	29	4	0.844	320	48	0.009
Age				0.75			0.189			0.418
18–19	18	6	33		2	11		4	22
20–24	168	81	48		7	14		76	45
25–29	405	202	50		15	4		190	47
30–34	328	155	47		11	3		144	44
35–39	155	77	50		12	8		67	43
≥ 40	37	18	54		2	5		15	41
Marital status
Single	79	39	49	0.901	7	9	0.046	33	42	0.594
Married/cohabiting	1032	502	49		42	4		463	45
Education
Elementary school	123	62	50	0.687	10	8	0.034	53	43	0.715
College/university	986	478	49		39	4		442	49
Employment status			0.024			0.001			0.042
Employed	819	386	47		28	3		357	44
Unemployed	72	44	61		10	20		38	53
Student	151	68	45		8	5		60	40
Housewife	26	16	61		2	4		15	58
Other	43	27	63		1	2		26	61
Smoking during pregnancy
Yes	53	33	62	0.043	7	13	0.001	25	47	0.705
No	1058	508	48		46	4		471	45
Drug use six months prior to pregnancy
Yes	869	490	56	< 0.001	48	6	0.001	449	52	< 0.001
No	238	49	21		1	0		45	19
Depressive symptoms3
Yes	46	29	63	0.045	8	17	0.001	26	57	0.093
No	1060	508	48		41	4		466	44

Notes: ¹Vitamins/minerals and homeopathic medicine were excluded. ²Including over-the-counter drugs, excludes vitamins, minerals, homeopathic medicine, and remedies. ³Edinburgh Depression Scale score ≥ 15.