Table 2 Prevalence of self-prescription at the first (T1), the fourth (T2) and the ninth (T3) postgraduate years
From: Self-prescribing among young Norwegian doctors: a nine-year follow-up study of a nationwide sample
T1 lifetime | T2 last year | T3 last year | |
|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
Antibiotics | 210 (53.0) | 299 (71.0) | 312 (80.6) |
Contraceptive pills | 88 (23.0) | 102 (24.8) | 90 (23.9) |
Prescription analgesics | 73 (18.5) | 74 (17.7) | 81 (20.9) |
Hypnotics | 26 (6.6) | 39 (9.3) | 48 (12.4) |
Sedatives | 4 (1.0) | 11 (2.6) | 12 (3.1) |
Migraine medications | 12 (3.1) | 11 (2.6) | 5 (1.3) |
Other psychotropic medications | 2 (0.5) | 7 (1.7) | 3 (0.8) |
Antihypertensive medications | 1 (0.3) | 3 (0.7) | 1 (0.3) |