Table 2.
Different sources used for health information.
| Source of information | Respondents, n or n (%) | Ranking, n (%) | ||||||||||
| First | Second | Third | Fourth or more | |||||||||
| Total | Female | Total | Female | Total | Female | Total | Female | Total | Female | |||
| Doctor | 323 | 240 (74.3) | 283 (87.6) | 211 (87.9) | 18 (5.6) | 14 (5.8) | 12 (3.7) | 9 (3.8) | 10 (3.1) | 6 (2.5) | ||
| Pharmacist | 194 | 137 (70.6) | 13 (6.7) | 12 (8.8) | 112 (57.7) | 74 (54.0) | 31 (16.0) | 24 (17.5) | 38 (19.6) | 27 (19.7) | ||
| Traditional medicine practitioner | 78 | 50 (64.1) | 5 (6.4) | 2 (4.0) | 6 (7.7) | 5 (10.0) | 15 (19.2) | 9 (18.0) | 52 (66.7) | 34 (68.0) | ||
| Social media | 105 | 69 (65.7) | 2 (1.9) | 2 (2.9) | 11 (10.5) | 7 (10.1) | 17 (16.2) | 10 (14.5) | 75 (71.4) | 50 (72.5) | ||
| Doctors who are on social media | 157 | 122 (77.7) | 19 (12.1) | 16 (13.1) | 48 (30.6) | 38 (31.1) | 36 (22.9) | 29 (23.8) | 54 (34.3) | 39 (32.0) | ||
| Family and friends | 187 | 133 (71.1) | 14 (7.5) | 9 (6.8) | 26 (13.9) | 21 (15.8) | 46 (24.6) | 34 (25.6) | 101 (54.0) | 69 (51.9) | ||
| Internet search | 184 | 132 (71.7) | 28 (15.2) | 20 (15.2) | 41 (22.3) | 31 (23.5) | 45 (24.5) | 31 (23.5) | 70 (38.0) | 50 (37.9) | ||
| Articles | 95 | 64 (67.3) | 2 (2.1) | 1 (1.6) | 7 (7.4) | 4 (6.3) | 15 (15.8) | 11 (17.2) | 71 (74.7) | 48 (75.0) | ||
| Television and radio | 122 | 81 (66.3) | 5 (4.1) | 2 (2.5) | 14 (11.5) | 9 (11.1) | 19 (15.6) | 12 (14.8) | 84 (68.9) | 58 (71.6) | ||
| Courses and campaigns | 93 | 66 (70.9) | 13 (14.0) | 11 (16.7) | 19 (20.4) | 15 (22.7) | 61 (65.6) | 40 (60.6) | —a | —a | ||
aNone of the participants selected this source.