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Table 3.

Use of medication conforming to the prescribed dosage and duration

Medication	Prx actually taken (n, 100%)	Conforming to prx (n)	% (95% CI)	Not recalled (n)	% (95% CI)	Not conforming to prx (n)	% (95% CI)	Lower dose among those not conforming to prx (n)	% (95% CI)
Conforming to prescribed dosage
First trimester
All medicines	277	218	78.7 (73.9–83.5)^a	23	8.3 (5.1—11.6)^a	36	13.0 (9.0–17.0)^a	34	94.4 (81.9–98.5)^b
All together	76	52	68.4 (58.0–78.9)^a	9	11.8 (4.6–19.1)^a	14	18.4 (9.7–27.1)^a	13	92.9 (68.5–98.7)^b
For chronic diseases together	94	71	75.5 (66.8–84.2)^a	9	9.6 (3.6–15.5)^a	14	14.9 (7.7–22.1)^a	13	92.9 (68.5–98.7)^b
For short–term and occasional use together	107	94	87.9 (81.7–94.0)^a	5	4.7 (0.7–8.7)^a	8	7.5 (2.5–12.5)^a	8	100.0 (67.6–100)^b
Entire pregnancy
For pregnancy-related symptoms	736	589	80.0 (77.1–82.9)^a	56	7.6 (5.7–9.5)^a	91	12.4 (10.0–14.7)^a	89	97.8 (92.3–99.4)^b
All together	197	147	74.6 (68.5–80.7)^a	19	9.6 (5.5–13.8)^a	31	15.7 (10.7–20.8)^a	30	96.8 (83.8–99.4)^b
For chronic diseases together	273	212	77.7 (72.7–82.6)^a	22	8.1 (4.8–11.3)^a	39	14.3 (10.1–18.4)^a	38	97.4 (86.8–99.5)^b
For short-term and occasional use together	266	230	86.5 (82.4–90.6)^a	15	5.6 (2.9–8.4)^a	21	7.9 (4.7–11.1)^a	21	100.0 (84.5–100)^b
Conforming to prescribed duration
First trimester
All medicines	277	168	60.6 (54.9–66.4)^a	32	11.6 (7.8–15.3)^a	77	27.8 (22.5–33.1)^a	45	58.4 (47.4–69.4)^a
All together	76	42	55.3 (44.1–66.4)^a	10	13.2 (5.6–20.8)^a	24	31.6 (21.1–42.0)^a	13	54.2 (34.2–74.1)^a
For chronic diseases together	94	55	58.5 (48.6–68.5)^a	12	12.8 (6.0–19.5)^a	27	28.7 (19.6–37.9)^a	12	44.4 (25.7–63.2)^a
For short-term and occasional use together	107	71	66.4 (57.4–75.3)^a	10	9.3 (3.8–14.9)^a	26	24.3 (16.2–32.4)^a	20	76.9 (60.7–93.1)^a
Entire pregnancy
For pregnancy-related symptoms	736	482	65.5 (62.1–68.9)^a	58	7.9 (5.9–9.8)^a	196	26.6 (23.4–29.8)^a	116	59.2 (52.3–66.1)^a
All together	197	128	65.0 (58.3–71.6)^a	20	10.2 (5.9–14.4)^a	49	24.9 (18.8–30.9)^a	24	49.0 (35.0–63.0)^a
For chronic diseases together	273	171	62.6 (56.9–68.4)^a	21	7.7 (4.5–10.9)^a	81	29.7 (24.3–35.1)^a	45	55.6 (44.7–66.4)^a
For short-term and occasional use together	266	183	68.8 (63.2–74.4)^a	17	6.4 (3.5–9.3)^a	66	24.8 (19.6–30.0)^a	47	71.2 (60.3–82.1)^a

Prx prescription

^aWald method was applied

^bWilson method was applied