Table 4.
The Association Between Demographics and Some Variables
| Questionnaire | Faculty Type | Residential Status | Suffering from Illness | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BPhar n (%) | PharD n (%) | P-value | |||||||
| With Family n (%) | Without Family n (%) | P value | Yes n (%) | No n (%) | P value | ||||
| Dietary supplements are good for health? | |||||||||
| Yes | 67 (77.9) | 102 (94.) | 0.001 | 151 (88.) | 18 (78.3) | 0.12 | 20 (100) | 149 (85.6) | 0.17 |
| I do not know | 14 (16.3) | 6 (5.6) | 17 (9.9) | 3 (13) | – | 20 (11.5) | |||
| No | 5 (5.8) | 0 | 3 (1.8) | 2 (8.7) | – | 5 (2.9) | |||
| Your opinion about dietary supplements? | |||||||||
| 1. Necessary for all ages | 23 (26.7) | 47 (43.9) | 0.004 | 61 (35.9) | 9 (39.1) | 0.99 | 8 (40) | 62 (35.8) | |
| 2. They are harmless | 15 (17.4) | 10 (9.3) | 22 (12.9) | 3 (13) | 5 (25) | 20 (11.6) | 0.34 | ||
| 3. Regular use may prevent chronic diseases | 18 (20.9) | 31 (29) | 44 (25.9) | 5 (21.7) | 3 (15) | 46 (26.6) | |||
| 4. May prevent cancer | 6 (7) | 1 (0.9) | 6 (3.5) | 1 (4.3) | 0 | 7 (4) | |||
| 5. Other | 24 (27.9) | 18 (16.8) | 37 (21.8) | 5 (21.7) | 4 (20) | 38 (22) | |||
| Do you encourage the use of dietary supplements? | |||||||||
| 1. Yes, I always recommend them | 29 (33.7) | 42 (38.9) | 0.312 | 62 (36.3) | 9 (39.1) | 0.533 | 6 (30) | 65 (37.4) | 0.392 |
| 2. Yes, only on doctors recommendation | 44 (51.2) | 57 (52.8) | 91 (53.2) | 10 (43.5) | 13 (65) | 88 (50.6) | |||
| 3. Do not recommend at all | 13 (15.1) | 9 (8.3) | 18 (10.5) | 4 (17.4) | 1 (5) | 21 (12.1) | |||
Notes: P < 0.5 = significant; p > 0.5 = insignificant.