Table 1 Pediatric Pharmaceutical Interventions in self-medication: Characteristics of the study population (applicant, gender, age) (n = 286)

Applicant

 Patient himself

26

9.1%

[5.8 − 12.4%]

 A representative

260

90.9%

[87.6 − 94.2%]

Child gender*

 Boy

143

50.0%

[44.2 − 55.8%]

 Girl

142

49.7%

[43.9 − 55.4%]

Child age

 ≤ 3 years

105

36.7%

[31.1 − 42.3%]

 3–14 years

153

53.5%

[47.7 − 59.3%]

 15–17 years

28

9.8%

[6.3 − 13.2%]