Table 3.
The level of trust in each source of health information.
| Source of information | Number of respondents, n or n (%) | Level of trust, n (%) | ||||||||
| Completely trusted | Partially trusted | Not trusted | ||||||||
| Total | Female | Total | Female | Total | Female | Total | Female | |||
| Doctor | 411 | 312 (75.9) | 326 (79.3) | 244 (74.8) | 85 (20.6) | 68 (80.0) | —a | —a | ||
| Pharmacist | 384 | 287 (74.7) | 23 (6.0) | 1 (4.3) | 159 (41.4) | 89 (56.0) | 202 (52.6) | 197 (97.5) | ||
| Traditional medicine | 271 | 209 (66.6) | 9 (3.3) | 5 (55.6) | 115 (42.4) | 85 (74.0) | 147 (54.2) | 119 (81.0) | ||
| 331 | 233 (70.4) | 22 (6.6) | 3 (13.6) | 123 (37.1) | 69 (56.1) | 186 (56.1) | 161 (86.6) | |||
| Snapchat | 318 | 219 (68.9) | 22 (6.9) | 6 (27.3) | 127 (39.9) | 83 (65.4) | 169 (53.1) | 130 (77.0) | ||
| 273 | 205 (74.8) | 5 (1.8) | 3 (60.0) | 139 (50.9) | 104 (74.8) | 130 (47.6) | 98 (75.4) | |||
| Family and friends | 360 | 271 (75.3) | 27 (7.5) | 23 (85.2) | 265 (73.6) | 199 (75.1) | 68 (18.9) | 49 (72.1) | ||
| Internet search |
353 | 266 (75.4) | 28 (7.9) | 20 (71.4) | 249 (70.5) | 187 (75.1) | 76 (21.5) | 59 (77.6) | ||
| Television and radio | 314 | 234 (74.5) | 33 (10.5) | 22 (66.6) | 197 (62.7) | 147 (74.6) | 84 (26.8) | 65 (77.4) | ||
aNone of the participants selected this option.