Table 6.
Social demographic association with type of self-medication used(modern vs. traditional)
| Modern only (n=61) |
Traditional only (n=19) |
OR (95%CI) |
p-value | Adjusted OR(CI) |
p-value | ||
| N (%) | N (%) | ||||||
|
Site of interview |
Private | 33 (97.1%) | 1 (2.9%) | 21.21 (2.66–169) |
p<0.001 | 0.61 (0.02–18.16) | p=0.778 |
| Public | 28 (60.9%) | 18 (39.1%) | |||||
|
Education level |
Advanced | 43 (95.5%) | 2 (4.4%) | 20.3 (4.24–97.12) | p<0.001 | 2.38 (0.24–22.92) | p=0.453 |
| Minimal | 18 (51.4%) | 17 (48.6%) | |||||
|
Economic status |
High | 30 (96.7%) | 1 (3.2%) | 17.41 (2.18–138.77) |
p=0.001 | 4.75 (0.32–70.28) | p=0.257 |
| Low /Moderate |
32 (63.2) | 18 (36.7) | |||||
|
Health insurance |
Private | 38 (95%) | 2 (5%) | 14.04 (2.96–66.42) |
p<0.001 | 2.78 (0.20–37.44) | p=0.440 |
| Mutuelle de santé/none |
23 (57.5%) | 17 (42.5%) | |||||
|
Age of parent |
>30 | 49 (89.1%) | 6 (10.9%) | 8.84 (2.78–28.08) | p<0.001 | 5.78 (1.25–26.68) | p=0.025 |
| ≤30 | 12 (48%) | 13 (52%) | |||||
| Origin | Kigali | 46 (90.2%) | 5 (9.8%) | 8.5 (2.65–27.82) | p<0.001 | 8.2 (1.58–43.12) | p=0.012 |
| Outside Kigali |
15 (51.7%) | 14 (48.2%) | |||||
|
Number of children <10yrs |
>one | 49 (79%) | 13 (21%) | 1.88 (0.59–5.98) | p=0.281 | NA | NA |
| One | 12 (66.6%) | 6 (33.3%) | |||||
| Relationship | Other | 11 (84.6%) | 2 (15.4%) | 1.87 (0.37–9.29) | p=0.442 | NA | NA |
| Mother | 50 (74.6%) | 17 (25.4%) | |||||
|
Marital status |
Married | 59 (76.6%) | 18 (23.4%) | 1.63(0.14–19.14) | p=0.693 | NA | NA |
| Single | 2 (66.7%) | 1 (33.3%) | |||||
OR=Odds ratio; AOR=Adjusted Odds Ratio; Multivariate analysis (AOR) undertaken on factors with p-value <0.20