Table 3. Relationship between the previous history of use of medications that contain diphenhydramine hydrochloride among the sociodemographic characteristics and their behavior of using it (n = 414).
§p-value has been calculated using the Chi-square test.
**Significant at p < 0.05 level.
| Factor | History of use of medications that contains diphenhydramine hydrochloride | p-value§ | |
| Yes (N (%)) (n = 361) | No (N (%)) (n = 53) | ||
| Age group | |||
| ≤25 years | 192 (53.2%) | 36 (67.9%) | 0.044 ** |
| >25 years | 169 (46.8%) | 17 (32.1%) | |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 177 (49%) | 34 (64.2%) | 0.040 ** |
| Female | 184 (51%) | 19 (35.8%) | |
| Educational level | |||
| High school or below | 65 (18%) | 6 (11.3%) | 0.228 |
| Bachelor or higher | 296 (82%) | 47 (88.7%) | |
| Marital status | |||
| Unmarried | 241 (66.8%) | 41 (77.4%) | 0.122 |
| Married | 120 (33.2%) | 12 (22.6%) | |
| Occupational status | |||
| Employed | 140 (38.8%) | 12 (22.6%) | 0.015 ** |
| Unemployed | 59 (16.3%) | 6 (11.3%) | |
| Student | 162 (44.9%) | 35 (66%) | |
| Current use of medication that contains diphenhydramine hydrochloride | |||
| Yes | 132 (36.6%) | 0 | <0.001 ** |
| No | 229 (63.4%) | 53 (100%) | |
| Use of other medication | |||
| Yes | 88 (24.4%) | 0 | <0.001 ** |
| No | 280 (75.6%) | 53 (100%) | |