Table 4.

Behavioural and clinical characteristics and COVID-19 self medication

	Self-medication		No Self-medication		TOTAL		χ2	P-value
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Knowledge of the existence of COVID-19
Yes	239	98.8	405	98.1	644	98.3	0.449	0.503
No	3	1.2	8	1.9	11	1.7
Total	242	100.0	413	100.0	655	100.0
Testing for COVID-19
Yes	135	55.6	160	38.6	295	44.8	17.911	< 0.0001
No	108	44.4	255	61.4	363	55.2
Total	243	100.0	415	100.0	658	100.0
History of self-medication
Yes	92	38.2	139	36.7	231	37.3	0.142	0.707
No	149	61.8	240	63.3	389	62.7
Total	241	100.0	379	100.0	620	100.0
Hypertension
Yes	33	13.7	31	7.5	64	9.8	6.510	*0.039
No	208	86.3	380	92.5	588	90.2
Total	241	100.0	411	100.0	652	100.0
Diabetes mellitus
Yes	9	3.8	2	0.5	11	1.7	10.934	*0.004
No	230	96.2	410	99.5	640	98.3
Total	239	100.0	412	100.0	651	100.0

χ² = Pearson Chi-Square test. | P-value = Probability value |