Table 6.
Cross-tabulation between demographic and dependent variables.
| Demographic Variable | Source of Information | p Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Pharmacist | Physician | Medical professionals | Family and Friends | Internet | |
| Male | 89 (68.6) | 53 (58.7) | 16 (23.8) | 34 (33.8) | 57 (64.2) | 0.0001 |
| Female | 35 (55.4) | 53 (47.3) | 27 (19.2) | 27 (27.2) | 59 (51.8) | |
| College | Pharmacist | Physician | Medical professionals | Family and Friends | Internet | |
| Clinical Pharmacy | 54 (42.2) | 23 (36) | 12 (14.6) | 21 (20.7) | 43 (39.4) | 0.01 |
| Medicine | 70 (81.8) | 83 (70) | 31 (28.4) | 40 (40.3) | 73 (76.6) | |
| Nature of medications used by students | ||||||
| College | (Prescription) Rx drugs | (Over-the-counter) OTC drugs | Both | |||
| Clinical Pharmacy | 19 (27.9) | 84 (73.4) | 50 (51.7) | 0.036 | ||
| Medicine | 63 (54.1) | 132 (142.6) | 102 (100.3) | |||
| Study year | Rx drugs | OTC drugs | Both | |||
| Preparatory year | 3 (1.5) | 1 (3.8) | 4 (2.7) | 0.01 | ||
| 2nd Year | 33 (17.9) | 35 (47) | 30 (33) | |||
| 3rd Year | 23 (25.1) | 70 (66.2) | 45 (46.6) | |||
| 4th Year | 7 (16.2) | 46 (42.7) | 36 (30.1) | |||
| 5th Year | 14 (18.8) | 57 (49.4) | 32 (34.8) | |||
| 6th Year | 2 (2.6) | 7 (6.7) | 5 (4.7) | |||
| Advice regarding self-medication practice | ||||||
| Siblings | Always in favor | Against SM but can be used when necessary | Always against the practice | |||
| Between 1 and 2 siblings | 9 (5.1) | 28 (32.5) | 3 (2.4) | 0.041 | ||
| Between 3 and 5 siblings | 25 (24.7) | 159 (158.6) | 11 (11.7) | |||
| Between 6 and 8 siblings | 12 (15.7) | 109 (100.9) | 3 (7.4) | |||
| More than 8 siblings | 7 (8) | 47 (51.2) | 9 (3.8) | |||
| No sibling | 4 (3.5) | 23 (22.8) | 1 (1.7) | |||