Table 4.

Analysis of reasons underlying use of psychotropic medications without a prescription and related factors in the study population. (N=302)

Variables	Previous visits were not helpful	Lack of time	My symptoms are not serious	Fear of community judgment	Unavailability of medical services	Transportation difficulties
	P-value
Age	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Gender	NS	0.029	NS	NS	NS	0.000
Education level	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Marital status	0.046	0.021	NS	NS	NS	0.014
Occupational status	NS	NS	NS	0.034	NS	0.043
Health insurance	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Chronic disease	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Psychiatric illness	0.001	NS	0.000	NS	NS	NS
Time of usage	NS	0.038	NS	NS	NS	NS
PHQ score	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
GAD score	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS

PHQ - Patient Health Questionnaire, GAD - Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item, NS - not statistically significant