Table 3.

Medicines used as SM during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Descriptions			p-Values
Variables	Categories	n, %	Age	Gender	Marital Status	Area of Residence	Healthcare Professional	Tested for COVID-19
Herbal medicines	Senna Makhi Kehwa	92 (20.0)	0.619	0.166	0.667	<0.001	<0.001	0.017
	Homeopathic medicine	79 (17.2)
	None	238 (51.7)
	Other	51 (11.1)
Allopathic medicines	Azithromycin	110 (14.9)	0.468	0.006	0.195	0.371	<0.001	0.152
	Dexamethasone	54 (7.3)	N/A	0.331	0.429	0.856	0.347	0.001
	Hydroxychloroquine	81 (11.0)	0.004	0.108	0.645	0.059	<0.001	<0.001
	Ivermectin	13 (1.8)	0.375	0.833	0.186	0.055	0.005	0.050
	Acetaminophen	174 (23.6)	0.376	0.980	0.430	0.049	0.139	0.949
	Aspirin	45 (6.1)	0.033	0.652	0.001	0.065	0.212	0.587
	Stool softeners	42 (5.7)	0.312	0.153	0.387	0.354	0.156	0.652
	Cough syrups	96 (13)	0.600	0.5.37	0.177	0.002	0.003	0.102
	Unknown	121 (16.6)	0.905	0.387	0.006	0.813	<0.001	<0.001
Supplements	Vitamin D	47 (10.2)	0.190	0.451	0.307	0.347	0.030	0.318
	Vitamin C	180 (39.1)	0.772	0.039	0.618	<0.001	0.004	<0.001
	Folic acid	108 (23.5)	0.147	0.032	0.378	0.233	0.097	0.122
	Calcium	104 (22.6)	0.365	0.115	0.673	0.603	0.719	0.128
	Other	114 (24.8)	0.417	0.675	0.432	0.005	<0.001	<0.001

p values ≤ 0.05 were presented in boldface.