Volume 11, Number 6—June 2005
Research
Nonprescribed Antimicrobial Drugs in Latino Community, South Carolina
Arch G. Mainous*
, Andrew Y. Cheng*, Rebecca C. Garr*, Barbara C. Tilley*, Charles J. Everett*, and M. Diane McKee†
, Andrew Y. Cheng*, Rebecca C. Garr*, Barbara C. Tilley*, Charles J. Everett*, and M. Diane McKee†Table 2
Relationship between home country behavior, health beliefs, and access to care variables to importation of nonprescribed antimicrobial drugs into United States*
| Variable | Brought antimicrobial drugs
into United States, n (%) |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | p | |
| Bought outside the United States without prescription | <0.01 | ||
| Yes | 27 (27.3) | 72 (72.7) | |
| No | 9 (7.5) | 111 (92.5) | |
| Should antimicrobial drugs be available without prescription? | 0.11 | ||
| Yes | 15 (22.4) | 52 (77.6) | |
| No | 21 (13.8) | 131 (86.2) | |
| Age (y) | <0.01 | ||
| <30 | 11 (9.2) | 109 (90.8) | |
| ≥30 | 25 (25.2) | 74 (74.8) | |
| Health status | |||
| Excellent-good | 30 (15.8) | 160 (84.2) | 0.51 |
| Fair-poor | 6 (20.7) | 23 (79.3) | |
| Sex | 0.85 | ||
| Male | 13 (17.1) | 63 (82.9) | |
| Female | 23 (16.1) | 120 (83.9) | |
| Years in United States | 0.33 | ||
| <4 | 12 (13.5) | 77 (86.5) | |
| ≥4 | 24 (18.5) | 106 (81.5) | |
| Insurance | |||
| None | 33 (16.5) | 167 (83.5) | 0.94 |
| Insured | 3 (15.8) | 16 (84.2) | |
| Education | |||
| Did not graduate from high school | 13 (12.2) | 94 (87.8) | 0.09 |
| High school graduate or more | 23 (20.5) | 89 (79.5) | |
| Country of birth | |||
| Mexico | 24 (14.6) | 140 (85.4) | 0.13 |
| Other Central American country | 3 (12.5) | 21 (87.5) | |
| South American country | 8 (33.3) | 16 (66.7) | |
| United States | 1 (14.3) | 6 (85.7) | |
*N = 219.
