Table 4.
Factors associated with perceiving cannabidiol as harmful or not (multinomial logistic regression, with ‘no opinion’ as reference)
| Variables | Cannabidiol is not harmful1 (n = 397) |
Cannabidiol is harmful1 (n = 636) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| aRRR [95% CI] | P-value | aRRR [95% CI] | P-value | |
| Age (in years) | 0.98 [0.97—0.99] | < 10–3 | 0.99 [0.98 – 1.00] | 0.007 |
| Gender | ||||
| Men | 1 | 1 | ||
| Women | 1.40 [1.01—1.94] | 0.044 | 0.90 [0.67—1.19] | 0.453 |
| Country of birth | ||||
| France | 1 | 1 | ||
| Elsewhere | 0.43 [0.22—0.87] | 0.018 | 0.53 [0.29—0.95] | 0.032 |
| Alcohol use2 | ||||
| Never | 1 | 0.002 | 1 | 0.151 |
| Occasional | 1.19 [0.82—1.72] | 0.368 | 1.13 [0.81—1.57] | 0.479 |
| Regular | 2.25 [1.41—3.57] | 0.001 | 1.51 [0.99—2.30] | 0.057 |
| Cannabis use | ||||
| No | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yes | 8.21 [2.80—24.06] | < 10–3 | 5.52 [1.95—15.65] | 0.001 |
| ‘Alternative medicines provide better solutions to health problems than conventional medicines’ | ||||
| Disagree | 1 | < 10–3 | 1 | 0.001 |
| Agree | 1.26 [0.81—1.95] | 0.301 | 1.21 [0.81—1.81] | 0.351 |
| No opinion | 0.57 [0.38—0.84] | 0.005 | 0.64 [0.45—0.92] | 0.015 |
| Preferred means to obtain information | ||||
| Television | 1 | 0.005 | 1 | 0.017 |
| Radio | 1.33 [0.79—2.24] | 0.284 | 1.21 [0.74—1.97] | 0.443 |
| Print media | 0.47 [0.26—0.86] | 0.014 | 0.65 [0.40—1.07] | 0.088 |
| Online media | 1.80 [1.04—3.10] | 0.035 | 1.58 [0.95—2.62] | 0.079 |
| Other internet3 | 1.47 [0.93—2.33] | 0.098 | 1.53 [1.00—2.33] | 0.049 |
| Close family members and friends | 1.10 [0.69—1.73] | 0.691 | 1.42 [0.95—2.12] | 0.089 |
aRRR adjusted relative risk ratio, CI confidence interval
1 Not at all harmful vs. a little harmful, quite harmful, and very harmful
2 Never vs. occasional (less than once a week or around once a week) vs. regular (several times a week or every day or almost every day)
3 Non-media websites and social networks