Prevalence and predictors of self-medication among university students in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Table 1 Descriptive summary of studies included in the meta-analysis of the prevalence and determinants of self-medication among university students in Ethiopia

Authors	Year published	Region	University	Study design	Sampling size	Prevalence (%)	Response rate (%)	Newcastle Ottawa scale (10 pts)
Abay and Amelo [29]	2010	Amhara	Gondar	Cross-sectional	414	19.80	Not stated	7
Girma [37]	2011	Tigrai	Mekelle	Cross-sectional	283	43.24	92.20%	7
Mulugeta and Nasir [35]	2012	Oromia	Jimma	Cross-sectional	403	45.89	100	8
Tadele [24]	2014	Tigrai	Mekelle	Cross-sectional	407	44.50	96.4	8
Shimelis [30]	2016	Oromia	Arsi	Cross-sectional	548	77.10	95.3	8
Dessalegn and Gashaw [38]	2017	Amhara	Gondar	Cross-sectional	404	35.30	95.3	7
Abebe [27]	2017	Amhara	Debre markos	Cross-sectional	250	58.4	90.3	7
Dessalegn [31]	2017	Amhara	Gondar	Cross-sectional	404	32.70	95.3	7
Alemseged [36]	2017	Oromia	Riftvalley	Cross-sectional	400	72.8	90.2	7
Abebe et al. [32]	2020	Amhara	Amhara teaching college	Cross-sectional	344	68.02	92.5	7
Zelalem et al. [33]	2020	Amhara	Gondar	Cross-sectional	425	62.35	100	8
Nuhamin et al. [28]	2020	Amhara	Gondar	Cross-sectional	792	52.39	98.8	10
Segenet et al. [34]	2020	Amhara	Wollo	Cross-sectional	341	48.97	92.6	10

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