Table 4 Regressional analysis of factors associated with life time analgesic use for headache among students of College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Ethiopia (n = 575), May, 2014
Variable | Life time Drug use | OR with 95Â % C.I. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | Crude | Adjusted | ||
Sex | Male | 271 | 136 | 1 | 1 |
Female | 152 | 16 | 4.768 (2.737–8.303) | 6.859 (3.678–12.791) | |
Age | 18–21 | 146 | 54 | 1.302 (0.826–2.052) | 1.125 (0.678–1.866) |
22–25 | 169 | 46 | 1.769 (1.112–2.815) | 2.433 (1.429–4.141) | |
>25 | 108 | 52 | 1 | 1 | |
Ethnicity | Amhara | 216 | 78 | 0.929 (0.614–1.407) | 1.531 (0.945–2.479) |
Oromo | 61 | 25 | 0.813 (0.465–1.444) | 1.108 (0.574–2.142) | |
Others | 146 | 49 | 1 | 1 | |
Family history | Yes | 203 | 48 | 1.999 (1.351–2.958) | 2.510 (1.592–3.958) |
No | 220 | 104 | 1 | 1 | |
Department | Medicine | 134 | 40 | 1.272 (0.823–1.965) | 1.180 (0.719–1.936) |
Pharmacy | 78 | 31 | 0.971 (0.598–1.576) | 1.080 (0.598–1.950) | |
Others | 211+ | 81 | 1 | 1 | |
Type of Headache | Migraine | 86 | 8 | 4.593 (2.169–9.727) | 3.494 (1.589–7.686) |
Tension Type | 337 | 144 | 1 | 1 | |
Lack of adequate vacation time | yes | 170 | 37 | 2.088 (1.374–3.173) | 2.510 (1.592–3.958) |
No | 253 | 115 | 1 | 1 | |