Table-II.

Relationship between personal, socioeconomic factors and utilization of analgesic self medication among medical students and interns in King Abdulaziz University

Variables	Self-medication with Analgesics in the past 6 months				Total	X2	OR
	Yes		No			(P)	(95%CI)
	No.	%	No.	%
Age
≤ 21 years	33	42.3	45	57.7	78	6.35	0.53
> 21 years	246	57.7	180	42.3	426	(0.012)	(0.32-0.87)
Sex
Male	132	54.5	110	45.5	242	0.12	0.93
Female	147	56.1	115	43.9	262	(0.72)	(0.66-1.33)
Nationality
Saudi	261	55.9	206	44.1	467	0.98	1.43
Non Saudi	15	46.9	17	53.1	32	(0.32)	(0.7-2.94)
Marital status
Single	248	55.4	200	44.6	448	0.02	0.96
Non-single	31	56.4	24	43.6	55	(0.88)	(0.54-1.68)
Educational year
Fourth (RC)	55	43.0	73	57.0	128	11.53	1.71 (1.01- 2.99)
Fifth	71	56.3	55	43.7	126	(0.009)	2.15 (1.31-3.56)
Sixth	99	61.9	61	38.1	160		1.99 (1.11-3.58)
intern	54	60.0	36	40.0	90
Residual status
With family	239	58.2	172	41.8	411	7.03	1.84
In school or private dormitory	40	43.0	53	57.0	93	(0.008)	(1.16-2.90)
Father's education
University and above	203	55.3	164	44.7	367	0.00	1.0
Less than university	73	55.3	59	44.7	132	(0.99)	(0.67-1.49)
Mother's education
University and above	172	55.7	137	44.3	309	0.01	1.02
Less than university	107	55.2	87	44.8	194	(0.91)	(0.71-1.46)
Father occupation
Professional	197	53.2	173	46.8	370	4.12	0.64
Non-professional	79	63.7	45	36.3	124	(0.042)	(0.42-0.98)
Mother occupation
Professional	141	58.8	99	41.3	240	1.77	1.27
Non-professional	133	52.8	119	47.2	252	(0.18)	(0.89-1.82)
Health insurance
Yes	103	53.6	89	46.4	192	0.37 (0.54)	0.89
No	171	56.4	132	43.6	303		0.62-1.28)
Family Income:
Sufficient	274	55.4	221	44.6	495	Fisher’s 0.70	1.65
Non-sufficient	3	42.9	4	57.1	7	(0.38)	(0.36-7.46)

^{(RC )}: Referent category