Table 4.

Contributing factors and reasons associated with SM during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Variables	Categories	n, %	Age	Gender	Area of Residence	Healthcare Professional	Tested for COVID-19
Reasons for SM	Already existing habits	40 (7.3)	N/A	0.619	0.873	0.231	0.153
	Unavailability of the physician	76 (13.9)	0.096	0.506	0.010	0.713	0.710
	Financial issues	39 (7.1)	N/A	0.016	0.984	0.006	0.680
	Difficulty in travelling/reaching healthcare professionals	66 (12.0)	N/A	0.091	0.920	0.170	0.030
	Lack of effectiveness of medicines prescribed by physician	58 (10.6)	N/A	0.399	0.540	0.758	0.594
	Fear of contracting the virus	41 (7.5)	N/A	0.177	0.825	0.969	0.784
	Bad experience with physician	44 (8.0)	N/A	0.955	0.723	0.515	0.275
	Other	184 (33.6)	0.562	0.439	0.804	0.342	0.002

p values ≤ 0.05 were presented in boldface.