Table 6.
Awareness and Attitudes about Supplement Use
| Awareness and Attitudes Do you... |
Yes | No | Sometimes | I don’t know |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Take dietary supplements based on a prescription through a doctor? | 377 (70.6) | 55 (10.3) | 56 (10.5) | 46 (8.6) |
| Think that there is a difference between taking the supplements with or without by medical consult? | 115 (21.5) | 162 (30.3) | 52 (9.7) | 205 (38.4) |
| Read the attached instructions with the supplement? | 214 (40.1) | 142 (26.6) | 61 (11.4) | 117 (21.9) |
| Think that dietary supplements have any negative side effects? | 197 (36.9) | 74 (13.9) | 67 (12.5) | 196 (36.7) |
| See the food supplements essential for your health? | 212 (39.7) | 38 (7.1) | 97 (18.2) | 187 (35.0) |
| Think that dietary supplements substitute for food diversity | 65 (12.2) | 205 (38.4) | 54 (10.1) | 210 (39.3) |
| Know that you have to do lab test to check levels of vitamins and minerals? | 194 (36.3) | 252 (47.2) | 88 (16.5) | – |
Note: Data presented as frequencies (%)