Table 3 Number of men who used prescribed medicine (n), prevalence of prescribed medicine use in % and bivariate and multivariate association between prescribed medicine use during the preceding 15 days and independent variables in men, by perceived health status.
From: Social determinants of prescribed and non-prescribed medicine use
Good perceived health status | Poor perceived health status | |||||||||
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Variables | n | Prev. | Bivar OR | Mvar OR | 95% CI | n | Prev. | Bivar OR | Mvar OR | 95% CI |
Age | ||||||||||
15-34 | 60 | 9.2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 19.3 | 1 | 1 | ||
35-54 | 68 | 13.0 | *1.46 | 1.25 | 082-1.89 | 26 | 27.5 | 1.62 | 2.43 | 0.77-7.63 |
55-64 | 35 | 18.7 | *2.25 | 1.88 | 1.12-3.18 | 35 | 37.6 | *2.57 | 3.13 | 0.96-10.21 |
> = 65 | 61 | 29.6 | *4.12 | 3.37 | 1.47-7.69 | 88 | 48.5 | *4.01 | 8.63 | 1.97-37.77 |
Total | 224 | 14.4 | 156 | 38.4 | ||||||
Social class | ||||||||||
I-II | 62 | 15.0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 51.5 | 1 | 1 | ||
III | 76 | 16.1 | 1.09 | 1.15 | 0.79-1.69 | 54 | 43.6 | *0.72 | 0.82 | 0.37-1.81 |
IV-V | 83 | 13.4 | 0.87 | 1.01 | 0.69-1.49 | 78 | 33.3 | *0.47 | 0.42 | 0.19-0.91 |
Employment status | ||||||||||
Salaried employees | 126 | 13.9 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 39.8 | 1 | 1 | ||
Unemployed men | 12 | 15.0 | 1.09 | 1.33 | 0.69-2.52 | 10 | 31.3 | *0.68 | 1.57 | 0.64-3.85 |
Retired men | 67 | 22.1 | *1.76 | 1.08 | 0.51-2.27 | 88 | 34.2 | 0.78 | 0.85 | 0.29-2.46 |
Students | 17 | 22.9 | *1.84 | 0.65 | 0.34-1.23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Type of PHC | ||||||||||
PCR 1984-93 | 25 | 9.4 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 43.7 | 1 | 1 | ||
PCR 1994-98 | 48 | 15.7 | *1.81 | 1.95 | 1.14-3.32 | 32 | 37.9 | *0.78 | 0.58 | 0.29-1.16 |
No PCR | 78 | 15.8 | *1.81 | 2.02 | 1.23-3.33 | 57 | 38.8 | *0.81 | 0.72 | 0.40-1.32 |
Mutual or private | 48 | 17.9 | *2.11 | 2.26 | 1.29-3.95 | 17 | 45.6 | 1.08 | 0.60 | 0.24-1.47 |
No usual PHC | 23 | 12.2 | *1.33 | 1.42 | 0.75-2.66 | 6 | 31.1 | *0.58 | 0.45 | 0.14-1.42 |