TABLE 1.
Participants’ demographics and obstetric history
| Investigated Attributes | Participants’ group | ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Overall Study Participants N (%) |
Practicing Self‐medication N (%) |
Not Practicing Self‐medication N (%) |
|
| Number of participants | 1,313 (100%) | 434 (33.1%) | 879 (66.9%) |
| Participants’ Age (Years), mean±SD | 28.54 ± 8.37 | 31.11 ± 5.71 | 29.28 ± 5.67 |
| Outpatient Clinic | |||
| King Abdullah University hospital | 464 (35.3%) | 141 (32.5%) | 323 (36.8%) |
| Princess Raya Hospital | 410 (31.2%) | 144 (33.2%) | 266 (30.3%) |
| Princess Basmah Hospital | 310 (23.6%) | 115 (26.5%) | 195 (22.2%) |
| JUST Health Center | 55 (4.2%) | 14 (3.2%) | 41 (4.7%) |
| Princess Badea'a Hospital | 53 (4.0%) | 14 (3.2%) | 39 (4.4%) |
| Others | 21 (1.6%) | 6 (1.4%) | 15 (1.7%) |
| Level of Education | |||
| Upper secondary school or less | 495 (37.7%) | 165 (38.0%) | 330 (37.5%) |
| Bachelor or diploma degree | 774 (59.0%) | 257 (59.2%) | 517 (58.8%) |
| Postgraduate degree | 44 (3.4%) | 12 (2.8%) | 32 (3.6%) |
| Employment Status | |||
| Unemployed | 495 (37.7%) | 165 (38.0%) | 330 (37.5%) |
| Employed at non‐medical field | 774 (59.0%) | 257 (59.2%) | 517 (58.8%) |
| Employed at medical field | 44 (3.4%) | 12 (2.8%) | 32 (3.6%) |
| Health insurance | |||
| Insured | 1010 (76.9%) | 340 (78.3%) | 670 (76.2%) |
| Uninsured | 303 (23.1%) | 94 (21.7%) | 209 (23.8%) |
| Medical and obesity history | |||
| Gestational age of the current pregnancy | |||
| ≤ 15 weeks | 183 (13.9%) | 39 (8.9%) | 144 (16.4%) |
| 16–27 weeks | 358 (27.3%) | 116 (26.7%) | 242 (27.5%) |
| ≥ 28 weeks | 772 (58.8%) | 279 (64.3%) | 493 (56.1%) |
| Number of previous pregnancies | |||
| None | 213 (16.2%) | 38 (8.8%) | 175 (19.9%) |
| 1–3 pregnancies | 593 (45.2%) | 183 (42.2%) | 410 (46.6%) |
| 4 or more pregnancies | 507 (38.6%) | 213 (49.1%) | 294 (33.4%) |
| Number of miscarriage | |||
| None | 836 (63.7%) | 265 (61.1%) | 571 (65.0%) |
| 1–3 | 450 (34.3%) | 164 (37.8%) | 286 (32.5%) |
| ≥4 | 27 (2.1%) | 5 (1.2%) | 22 (2.5%) |
| Mode of delivery a | |||
| Vaginal | 624 (47.5%) | 233 (53.7%) | 391 (44.5%) |
| Cesarean section | 476 (36.3%) | 163 (37.6%) | 313 (35.6%) |
| Have not given birth before | 213 (16.2%) | 38 (8.8%) | 175 (19.9%) |
| Smoking | |||
| Yes | 86 (6.6%) | 34 (7.8%) | 52 (5.9%) |
| No | 1227 (93.5%) | 400 (92.2%) | 827 (94.1%) |
Abbreviations: JUST, Jordan University of Science and Technology; N, Number; SD, Standard Deviation
a
In the last pregnancy