From: How do pharmacists use and recommend vitamins, minerals, herbals and other dietary supplements?
Characteristic | Used Vitamins/Minerals N (%) | Never Used Vitamins /Minerals N (%) | p value | Used Herbals/other dietary supplements N (%) | Never Used Herbals/other dietary supplements N (%) | p value |
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Gender | n = 498 | n = 26 | 0.031 | n = 268 | n = 260 | 0.039 |
Male | 193 (39 | 16 (62) | 96 (36) | 116 (45) | ||
Female | 305 (61) | 10 (38) | 172 (64) | 144 (55) | ||
Age, years | n = 490 | n = 26 | 0.943 | n = 263 | n = 258 | < 0.001 |
< 25 | 11 (2) | 1 (4) | 6 (2) | 6 (2) | ||
25–34 | 125 (26) | 5 (19) | 50 (19) | 80 (31) | ||
35–44 | 109 (22) | 6 (23) | 53 (20) | 62 (24) | ||
≥45 | 245 (50) | 14 (54) | 154 (59) | 110 (43) | ||
Type of practice setting | n = 492 | n = 26 | 0.934 | n = 268 | n = 258 | 0.521 |
Community | 207 (42) | 10 (38) | 115 (43) | 106 (41) | ||
Institutional | 139 (28) | 7 (27) | 71 (26) | 76 (29) | ||
Academic | 24 (5) | 1 (4) | 10 (4) | 15 (6) | ||
Other | 122 (25) | 8 (31) | 72 (27) | 61 (24) | ||
Location of practice setting | n = 495 | n = 26 | 0.938 | n = 267 | n = 260 | 0.660 |
Rural | 56 (11) | 3 (12) | 32 (12) | 28 (11) | ||
Non-rural | 439 (89) | 23 (88) | 235 (88) | 232 (89) |