Table 5 Actions following first use of OTC medicines (%: 95% CI)

511/540

(94.6)

(92.3, 96.6)

657/837

(77.9)

(73.3, 82.0)

469/598

(78.3)

(73.4, 82.6)

1637/1975

(82.9)

(81.1, 84.5)

<0.001

24/540

(4.4)

(2.8, 6.5)

153/837

(18.3)

(15.7, 21.1)

107/598

(17.9)

(14.9, 21.2)

284/1975

(14.4)

(12.8, 16.0)

<0.001

8/24

(33.3)

(15.6, 55.3)

37/153

(24.2)

(17.6, 31.7)

41/107

(38.3)

(29.1, 48.2)

86/284

(30.3)

(24.9, 35.9)

0.05

: 427/453

(94.3)

(91.7, 96.2)

923/1065

(86.4)

(83.1, 89.0)

637/717

(88.6)

(85.6, 91.0)

1987/2235

(88.9)

(87.5, 90.1)

<0.001

: 4/453

(0.9)

(0.2, 2.2)

104/1065

(9.8)

(8.0, 11.7)

63/717

(8.8)

(6.8, 11.1)

171/2235

(7.7)

(6.5, 8.8)

<0.001

3/4

(75.0)

(19.4,99.3)

32/104

(30.1)

(22.1, 40.6)

11/63

(17.5)

(9.0, 29.1)

46/171

(26.9)

(20.4, 34.2

0.015