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Table 6 Frequency of use of herbal medicine information sources

From: Herbal medicine use behaviour in Australian adults who experience anxiety: a descriptive study

Information sources

Frequency of use

 

% (n)a

The Internet

53 (212)

Friend or family

43.8 (175)

Health food shop assistant

24.8 (99)

Herbal medicine practitioner

21.8 (87)

General practitioner

21.5 (86)

Magazines/newspapers

17.5 (70)

Pharmacist

17.3 (69)

Pharmacy assistant

13.8 (55)

Other health care provider

9.5 (38)

Other

9.5 (38)

Media advertising

5.5 (22)

  1. aMultiple response item reported as percent of cases