Table 2.
Relationship between Demographic Variables and Self-Medication before and during COVID-19 Outbreak.
| Socio-demographic | Self-medication Self-medication during COVID-19 before COVID-19 |
χ2 | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | ||||
| 1. Gender | Female | 129(56.3) | 66(44.0) | 5.518 | 0.019 |
| Male | 100(43.7) | 84(56.0) | |||
| 2. Education | College Diploma | 83(36.2) | 70(46.7) | 4.090 | 0.043 |
| University | 146(63.8) | 80(53.3) | |||
| 3. Age | 18–30 | 69(30.1) | 59(39.3) | 10.592 | 0.014 |
| 31–40 | 111(48.5) | 48(32.0) | |||
| 41–50 | 37()16.2 | 35(23.3) | |||
| 51–60 | 12(5.2) | 8(5.4) | |||
| 4. Marital status | Single | 119(52.0) | 32(21.3) | 36.606 | 0.000 |
| Married | 110(48.0) | 118(78.7) | |||
| 5. Geographical location | Rural | 57(24.9) | 42(28.0) | 1.353 | 0.509 |
| Peri-urban | 65(28.4) | 47(31.3) | |||
| Urban | 107(46.7) | 61(40.7) | |||
| 6. Physical activity | Yes | 181(79.0) | 48(21.0) | 9.578 | 0.002 |
| No | 97(64.7) | 53(35.3) | |||
| 7. Drug reaction event | Yes | 135(59.0) | 94(41.0) | 14.759 | 0.000 |
| No | 117(78.0) | 33(22.0) | |||
| 8. Health status | Perfect health | 38(16.6) | 37(24.7) | 3.860 | 0.145 |
| Good health | 177(77.3) | 106(70.7) | |||
| Average health | 14(6.1) | 7(4.7) | |||
| 9. Psychiatric condition | Yes | 205(89.5) | 24(10.5) | 0.132 | 0.716 |
| No | 136(90.7) | 14(9.3) | |||
| 10. Sleeping pattern | More than 8 hrs | 28(12.2) | 28(18.7) | 3.523 | 0.172 |
| 5–8 hrs | 187(81.7) | 116(77.3) | |||
| 1–4 hrs | 14(6.1) | 6(4.0) | |||