Table 2 Three most important factors that influence the choice of prescription medicines
Factors related to medicines | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Price | Familiarity | Availability | ||||||
No. | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
All respondents | 1551 | 1112 | (72) | 874 | (56) | 643 | (42) | |
Gender | Men | 688 | 492 | (72) | 366 | (53) | 298 | (43) |
Women | 863 | 620 | (72) | 508 | (59) | 345 | (40) | |
Prescription medicines in | Yes | 919 | 633 | (69) | 474 | (52) | 403 | (44) |
regular use | No | 624 | 472 | (76) | 396 | (64) | 237 | (38) |
Age, years | < 60 | 952 | 742 | (78) | 554 | (58) | 402 | (42) |
≥ 60 | 585 | 363 | (62) | 314 | (54) | 230 | (39) | |
Patients who had refused GS | ||||||||
All | 134 | 60 | (45) | 95 | (71) | 50 | (37) | |
Gender | Men | 45 | 21 | (47) | 32 | (71) | 15 | (33) |
Women | 89 | 39 | (44) | 63 | (71) | 35 | (39) | |
Prescription medicines in | Yes | 117 | 52 | (44) | 85 | (73) | 44 | (38) |
regular use | No | 17 | 8 | (47) | 10 | (59) | 6 | (35) |
Age, years | < 60 | 63 | 36 | (57) | 45 | (71) | 23 | (37) |
≥ 60 | 70 | 24 | (34) | 49 | (70) | 26 | (37) | |
Patients who had allowed GS | ||||||||
All | 538 | 448 | (83) | 242 | (45) | 203 | (38) | |
Gender | Men | 212 | 170 | (80) | 87 | (41) | 84 | (40) |
Women | 326 | 278 | (85) | 155 | (48) | 119 | (37) | |
Prescription medicines in | Yes | 380 | 308 | (81) | 159 | (42) | 151 | (40) |
regular use | No | 155 | 137 | (88) | 82 | (53) | 50 | (32) |
Age, years | < 60 | 340 | 297 | (87) | 159 | (47) | 133 | (39) |
≥ 60 | 196 | 150 | (77) | 83 | (42) | 69 | (35) | |
Patients who had refused and allowed GS | ||||||||
All | 251 | 178 | (71) | 137 | (55) | 119 | (47) | |
Gender | Men | 108 | 81 | (75) | 46 | (43) | 52 | (48) |
Women | 143 | 97 | (68) | 91 | (64) | 67 | (47) | |
Prescription medicines in | Yes | 200 | 137 | (69) | 103 | (52) | 103 | (52) |
regular use | No | 49 | 39 | (80) | 32 | (65) | 16 | (33) |
Age, years | < 60 | 124 | 101 | (82) | 76 | (61) | 58 | (47) |
≥ 60 | 125 | 76 | (61) | 60 | (48) | 60 | (48) | |
No experience | ||||||||
All | 628 | 426 | (68) | 400 | (64) | 271 | (43) | |
Gender | Men | 323 | 220 | (68) | 201 | (62) | 147 | (46) |
Women | 305 | 206 | (68) | 199 | (65) | 124 | (41) | |
Prescription medicines in | Yes | 222 | 136 | (61) | 127 | (57) | 105 | (47) |
regular use | No | 403 | 288 | (72) | 272 | (68) | 165 | (41) |
Age, years | < 60 | 425 | 308 | (73) | 274 | (65) | 188 | (44) |
≥ 60 | 194 | 113 | (58) | 122 | (63) | 75 | (39) | |