Table 3.
Factors associated with self-medication of concomitant use of drug-herb combinations for the treatment of SAAD in adults.
| Characteristics | Frequency of concomitant drug herb use [n (%)] |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| YES n = 329 (25.3) | NO N = 971 (74.7) |
p | OR (95% CI) | |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 196 (59.6) | 579 (59.6) | 0.986 | 0.998 (0.773–1.287) |
| Male | 133 (40.4) | 392 (40.4) | ||
| Age group, years (mean ± SD) | 36.85 ± 15.53 | 31.31 ± 12.9 | <0.001 | – |
| 18–29 | 140 (42.6) | 579 (59.6) | 1 | Ref. |
| 30–39 | 60 (18.2) | 177 (18.2) | 0.164 | 1.265 (0.908–1.764) |
| > 40 | 129 (39.2) | 215 (22.1) | <0.001 | 2.569 (1.920–3.437) |
| Level of education | ||||
| Elementary and middle school | 65 (19.8) | 123 (12.7) | 0.002 | 1.711 (1.216–2.406) |
| High school | 70 (21.3) | 220 (22.7) | 0.853 | 1.030 (0.753–1.409) |
| College-postgraduate | 194 (59) | 628 (64.7) | 1 | Ref |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married/cohabitant | 115 (35) | 310 (31.9) | 0.311 | 1.146 (0.880–1.492) |
| Single/divorced/widow | 214 (65) | 661 (68.1) | ||
| Employment status | ||||
| Student | 96 (29.2) | 363 (37.4) | 1 | Ref |
| Employed | 150 (45.6) | 410 (42.2) | 0.029 | 1.383 (1.033–1.853) |
| Unemployed | 83 (25.2) | 198 (20.4) | 0.008 | 1.585 (1.127–2.229) |
| Socioeconomic status | ||||
| High | 101 (30.7) | 287 (29.6) | 0.528 | |
| Middle | 200 (60.8) | 617 (63.5) | NS | |
| Low | 28 (8.5) | 67 (6.9) | ||
| Health insurance program | ||||
| None | 40 (12.2) | 210 (21.6) | 1 | Ref. |
| Public | 261 (79.3) | 707 (72.8) | <0.001 | 1.938 (1.343–2.797) |
| Private | 28 (8.5) | 54 (5.6) | 0.162 | 1.405 (0.871–2.265) |
| Diagnosed with mental illness | ||||
| Yes | 159 (48.3) | 70 (7.2) | <0.001 | 12.039 (8.695–16.669) |
| No | 170 (51.7) | 901 (92.8) | ||
| Use of psychiatric medication | ||||
| Yes | 285 (86.6) | 20 (2.1) | <0.001 | 307.994 (178.609–531.107) |
| No | 44 (13.4) | 951 (97.9) | ||
| Consumption of drugs | ||||
| Yes | 44 (13.4) | 167 (17.2) | 0.104 | 0.743 (0.519–1.064) |
| No | 285 (86.6) | 804 (82.8) | ||
| Consumption of alcohol | ||||
| Yes | 133 (40.4) | 442 (45.5) | 0.108 | 0.812 (0.630–1.047) |
| No | 196 (59.6) | 529 (54.5) | ||
| Presence of symptoms associated with | ||||
| Anxiety | 61 (18.5) | 147 (15.1) | <0.001 | 1.691 (1.287–2.220) |
| Depression | 88 (26.7) | 242 (24.9) | 0.002 | 1.413 (1.139–1.754) |
| Anxiety and depression | 180 (54.7) | 582 (59.9) | 1 | Ref. |
| Number of plants in the formulation | 2.62 ± 1.76 | 2.26 ± 1.43 | <0.001 | – |
| 1 plant | 111 (33.7) | 389 (40.1) | 0.042 | 1.313 (1.010–1.706) |
| 2 or more plants | 218 (66.3) | 582 (59.9) | ||