Table 4 Most common reasons reported by participants for using a paracetamol-containing medication
Reasons | All participants | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Males | Females | ||||
% | N | % | N | % | N | |
Headache | 57.7 | 202 | 59.7 | 98 | 56.2 | 104 |
Cold and flu | 15.4 | 54 | 15.9 | 26 | 15.1 | 28 |
Arthralgia/abdominal pain | 12.6 | 43 | 11.6 | 19 | 13.0 | 24 |
Fever | 5.7 | 20 | 4.9 | 8 | 6.5 | 12 |
Dizziness | 4.3 | 15 | 4.9 | 8 | 3.8 | 7 |
Other | 4.3 | 15 | 3.0 | 5 | 5.4 | 10 |