Table 9.
Had Experienced Adverse Events | p-Value | Never Experienced Adverse Events 1 | p-Value | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sexual Enhancement (163 Males) | Weight Loss (121 Females) | Sexual Enhancement (763 Males) | Weight Loss (866 Females) | |||
Not consult with anybody | 58.3 | 65.3 | 0.231 | 45.0 | 25.3 | <0.001 |
It is too embarrassing 2 | 44.2 | 12.7 | <0.001 | 38.5 | 10.0 | <0.001 |
It is too much hassle 2 | 36.8 | 41.8 | 0.507 | 52.8 | 59.8 | 0.101 |
The symptom is temporal 2 | 51.6 | 53.2 | 0.835 | 14.3 | 31.5 | <0.001 |
I can endure the cost of the effect 2 | 11.6 | 20.3 | 0.116 | 9.9 | 10.0 | 0.959 |
Others 2 | 2.1 | 10.1 | 0.024 | 5.5 | 9.1 | 0.102 |
Ask or complain to the manufacturer | 8.0 | 5.8 | 0.476 | 20.1 | 35.2 | <0.001 |
Ask or complain to the retail store | 12.9 | 9.1 | 0.318 | 11.3 | 16.4 | 0.003 |
Consult with a partner | 9.2 | 6.9 | ||||
Consult with family members, friends, relatives or colleagues | 12.9 | 10.7 | 0.583 | 5.5 | 21.9 | <0.001 |
Report the incident to governmental agencies 3 | 9.8 | 3.3 | 0.034 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.192 |
Report the incident to a public health center | 6.1 | 5.8 | 0.902 | 3.9 | 7.2 | 0.005 |
Consult with a doctor (clinic) | 1.2 | 3.3 | 0.228 | 24.8 | 30.7 | 0.008 |
Write on a message board or review site | 4.3 | 3.3 | 0.669 | 4.7 | 7.0 | 0.048 |
Write on social media | 2.5 | 1.7 | 0.643 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 0.137 |
Others | 0.6 | 1.7 | 0.397 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.611 |
Note: Multiple answers, expressed as percentage. The differences among gender groups were examined by Chi-square test (p < 0.05). 1 Asked on the assumption that adverse events like palpitation or shortness of breath occurred. 2 Exclusively asked to those who answered “not consult with anybody”; the number of each group was as follows: Had experienced adverse events in males, 89; in females, 72; never experienced adverse events in males, 343; in females, 219. 3 Governmental agencies include the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Consumer Affairs Agency, the Government of Japan, the National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan, and other consumer centers.