Table 2.
Selection of pharmacy and purchase of OTC medicines preferences in the overall sample and the three clusters (N = number of participants).
| Question | Overall N = 300 (100%) |
C1 N = 147 (49%) |
C2 N = 106 (35%) |
C3 N = 47 (16%) |
χ2 | Sig. | V |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selection of pharmacy | |||||||
| I tend to make my purchases in a single pharmacy | 49.66** | <0.001 | 0.288 | ||||
| Yes, always | 95 (32) | 21 (14) | 56 (53) | 18 (38) | |||
| Yes, most of the time | 134 (45) | 80 (55) | 39 (37) | 15 (32) | |||
| No, I make my purchases in various pharmacies | 70 (23) | 46 (31) | 10 (10) | 14 (30) | |||
| Missing | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |||
| Relationship with the pharmacy staff | 33.13** | <0.001 | 0.235 | ||||
| I want it to be familiar | 206 (69) | 86 (59) | 91 (86) | 29 (62) | |||
| I want it to be formal | 81 (27) | 58 (39) | 9 (9) | 14 (30) | |||
| I don't want the staff to recognize me | 12 (4) | 3 (2) | 5 (5) | 4 (8) | |||
| Missing | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |||
| OTCs purchase | |||||||
| When I purchase an over-the-counter medicines, usually: | 63.72** | <0.001 | 0.328 | ||||
| I know exactly what I need | 156 (52) | 60 (41) | 75 (71) | 21 (45) | |||
| I know approximately what I need | 130 (43) | 86 (58) | 28 (28) | 16 (34) | |||
| I don't know what I need | 11 (4) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 9 (19) | |||
| Missing | 3 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |||
| When I am in a pharmacy, I tend to make unscheduled purchases of over-the-counter medicines: | 12.86* | 0.012 | 0.147 | ||||
| Yes, often | 16 (5) | 4 (3) | 9 (9) | 3 (6) | |||
| Yes, sometimes | 139 (46) | 75 (41) | 52 (49) | 12 (27) | |||
| No, never | 142 (47) | 68 (46) | 44 (42) | 30 (67) | |||
| Missing | 3 (0.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |||
| Between various over-the-counter medicines with the same use, usually pick one specific product: | 11.38* | 0.023 | 0.139 | ||||
| One specific product | 231 (77) | 114 (79) | 89 (85) | 28 (61) | |||
| Some product randomly | 39 (13) | 18 (12) | 11 (10) | 10 (22) | |||
| A different product each time | 26 (9) | 13 (9) | 5(5) | 8 (17) | |||
| Missing | 4 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |||
Note. C1: Cluster 1; C2: Cluster 2; C3: Cluster 3; Values in parentheses are percentages (%); χ2: Chi-square statistic value; V: Cramer’s V coefficient; Sig.: p-value.
***p < .001.
*
Significant at p < .05.
**
p < .01.