Table 2. Patient preferences for education on medicine.

	Number of Responses
Question	All Participants (n = 401)	Non-Hispanics (n = 278)	Hispanics (n = 123)	p-value
Who do you speak with before choosing an over-the-counter medicine?
Pharmacist	146 (36.4%)	93 (33.5%)	53 (43.1%)	0.072
Physician	243 (60.5%)	180 (64.7%)	63 (51.2%)	0.015
Friends/family	73 (18.2%)	51 (18.3%)	22 (17.9%)	1
Other medical personnel	20 (4%)	14 (5%)	6 (4.9%)	1
Rarely or never talk with above people before choosing an over the counter medicine	46 (11.5%)	35 (12.6%)	11 (8.9%)	0.314
No response	6 (1.5%)	5 (1.8%)	1 (0.8%)	0.671
Who do you feel are valuable and trustworthy sources of information about health and medicine?
Physician	351 (87.6%)	255 (91.7%)	96 (78%)	<0.001
Pharmacist	157 (39.2%)	117 (42.1%)	40 (32.5%)	0.076
Nurse	91 (22.7%)	73 (26.3%)	18 (14.6%)	0.01
Other medical personnel	44 (11%)	22 (7.9%)	22 (7.9%)	0.197
Advertising	3 (7.5%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.8%)	1
Friends/family	51 (12.8%)	37 (13.3%)	14 (11.4%)	0.63
No response	10 (2.5%)	4 (1.4%)	6 (4.9%)	0.075