The 10 most commonly reported conditions that led to use of medicines by adults and children
Conditions that led to medicines use | No of participants who had this condition | Prevalence (%) | No of doses | No of different medicines taken for this condition | |
Adults (≥18 years) (N=1063) | Headache | 89 | 8.3 | 275 | 8 |
Hypertension | 71 | 6.7 | 954 | 26 | |
Gastric pain | 49 | 4.6 | 426 | 6 | |
Diabetes | 44 | 4.1 | 595 | 11 | |
Dietary supplement | 43 | 4.1 | 250 | 13 | |
Spinal pain | 38 | 3.6 | 276 | 10 | |
Stroke prevention | 30 | 2.8 | 203 | 3 | |
Hypothyroidism | 30 | 2.8 | 215 | 3 | |
Influenza | 26 | 2.5 | 175 | 12 | |
Allergies | 22 | 2.1 | 109 | 9 | |
Children (≤17 years) (N=578) | Fever | 32 | 5.5 | 136 | 2 |
Cough | 23 | 4.0 | 134 | 3 | |
Influenza | 18 | 3.1 | 89 | 3 | |
Dietary supplement | 13 | 2.3 | 85 | 3 | |
Common cold | 10 | 1.7 | 68 | 4 | |
Epilepsy | 3 | 0.5 | 14 | 1 | |
Otitis media | 3 | 0.5 | 33 | 4 | |
Asthma | 3 | 0.5 | 21 | 3 | |
Headache | 2 | 0.4 | 7 | 3 | |
Painful menstruation | 2 | 0.4 | 6 | 1 |