Table 3.

Consumer and patient attitudes toward purchasing lifestyle products from the Internet.

Criteria		n	Frequency, %
Purchase of lifestyle products over the Internet
	Yes	208	65
	No	112	35
Frequency of purchase
	Always	17	5.31
	Occasionally	111	34.7
	Rarely	91	28.4
	Never	101	31.6
Websites mostly used
	Alibaba	7	2.19
	Amazon	205	64.1
	eBay	127	39.7
	Drugs websites	21	6.56
	Online pharmacies	47	14.7
	Others (All Beauty, Alvin connor, Beauty base, Bodyshop, Boots, Debenham, Dermashop, Feel unique, Groupon, Healthspan, Holland and Barrett, John Lewis, Love Melanotan, MAC makeup, My protein,QVC, Superdrug, Tesco, Wholesale Indian suppliers)	105	32.8
Country of the website identifiable
	Yes (France, Germany, India, Japan, UK, and US)	143	44.7
	No	103	32.2
	N/A	74	23.1
Country of origin for medicines bought from online pharmacies
	UK	76	23.8
	USA	17	5.31
	India	6	1.88
	Canada	4	1.25
	Germany	4	1.25
	Australia	2	0.63
	Holland	2	0.63
	Other countries one pharmacy in each (China, Czech Republic, Finland, Greece, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand)	10	3.13
MHRA logo for authenticity for UK online pharmacies
	Yes	53	16.6
	No	30	9.38
	N/A	237	74.1
Consultation with a doctor at the online pharmacy
	Yes	17	5.31
	No	115	35.9
	N/A	188	58.8
Sources of information about lifestyle products
	Family/friends	139	43.4
	Health care professionals	77	24.1
	Magazines	57	17.8
	TV	42	13.1
	Others (websites, forums/blogs, Internet ads, smartphone apps, YouTube, Scientific papers, Product information leaflet, Facebook, NHS Direct)	145	45.3