Table 1.
Comparisons between treatment groups.
| Item | Conventional treatment (n = 360) | Herbal treatment (n = 89) | Non-pharmacological treatment (n = 39) | No treatment (n = 103) | p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Consultation rate # | 356 | 98.9a | 69 | 77.5b | 34 | 87.2b | 56 | 54.4c | <.0001 |
| Prominent factor for treatment | <.0001 | ||||||||
| Less adverse effect | 181 | 50.3a | 29 | 32.6b | 16 | 41a,b | 41 | 39.8a,b | |
| Scientifically proven as effective | 115 | 31.9a | 13 | 14.6b | 6 | 15.4a,b | 19 | 18.4b | |
| Natural compound | 33 | 9.2a | 31 | 34.8b | 12 | 30.8b | 23 | 22.3b | |
| Reasonable price | 17 | 4.7 | 7 | 7.9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6.8 | ns |
| Other | 14 | 3.9 | 9 | 10.1 | 4 | 10.3 | 8 | 7.8 | ns |
| I don’t know | 0 | 0a | 0 | 0a,b | 1 | 2.6b | 5 | 4.9b | |
| Consider herbal treatment ^ | =.002 | ||||||||
| Certainly yes | 115 | 31.9a | 24 | 27.0a,b | 8 | 20.5a,b | 14 | 13.6b | |
| Probably yes | 181 | 50.3 | 47 | 52.8 | 18 | 46.2 | 55 | 53.4 | ns |
| Probably not | 34 | 9.4 | 8 | 9.0 | 4 | 10.3 | 10 | 9.7 | ns |
| Certainly not | 5 | 1.4 | 1 | 1.1 | 2 | 5.1 | 3 | 2.9 | ns |
| I don’t know | 25 | 6.9a | 9 | 10.1a,b | 7 | 17.9a,b | 21 | 20.4b | |
Note. Different superscript letters denote significant differences between the groups at p < .05 following a Bonferroni correction. ns = Not significant. N = 591.
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Consultation rate refers to the frequency of responders that received any kind of professional consultation for depression or anxiety.
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Item: ‘To what extend would you consider purchasing an herbal treatment that was scientifically proven as effective for the treatment of depression/anxiety, and is natural and without adverse effects?’.