Table 4.

Reason for not using self-medication (n=34)

Reasons	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Mean (±SD)
Nonprescription drugs are dangerous	6 (17.7%)	1 (2.9%)	27 (79.4%)	3.82 (±0.96)
Nonprescription drugs do not work	9 (26.5%)	3 (8.8%)	22 (64.7%)	3.53 (±1.05)
My child/children did not get sick	30 (88.2%)	0 (0%)	4 (11.8%)	2.18 (±0.93)
I have limited access to pharmacy	33 (97.1%)	0 (0%)	1 (2.9%)	1.94 (±0.48)
I can't afford medication in pharmacy	32 (94.1%)	0 (0%)	2 (5.9%)	1.88 (±0.68)
I have limited access to traditional medication shop/store	32 (94.1%)	1 (2.9%)	1 (2.9%)	1.82 (±0.62)
I have limited access to traditional healer	33 (97.1%)	0 (0%)	1 (2.9%)	1.76 (±0.51)

Likert scale: 1=strongly disagree; 2=disagree; 3= neutral;4=agree; 5=strongly agree