Table 4 Level of trust, sense of danger, and sense of aversion toward drugs (including over-the-counter drugs and supplements) and ‘excessive threshold’
Mean (SD) | F value | Effect size | Observed power (1-β) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Do you think medicine is reliable? [n (%)] | Extremely reliable [229 (24.5)] | Reliable [669 (71.6)] | Somewhat reliable [27 (2.9)] | Not reliable [9 (1.0)]† | ||||
Tablets | 4.44 (1.82) | 4.15 (1.55) | 3.70 (1.14) | 4.67 (2.87) | 4.070* | f = 0.09 | 0.72 | |
Types of medications | 4.19 (1.37)a,b | 3.96 (1.20)a | 3.46 (0.95)b | 3.67 (1.50) | 5.616** | f = 0.11 | 0.86 | |
Do you think medicine is dangerous? [n (%)] | Extremely dangerous [118 (12.6)] | Dangerous [604 (64.7)] | Somewhat dangerous [202 (21.6)] | Not dangerous [10 (1.1)]j | ||||
Tablets | 4.39 (1.75) | 4.12 (1.40) | 4.35 (2.09) | 5.40 (1.96) | 2.080 | - | - | |
Types of medications | 4.00 (1.32) | 3.97 (1.24) | 4.04 (1.26) | 4.60 (0.97) | 0.258 | - | - | |
Do you have an aversion to taking medicine? [n (%)] | Extremely dislike [25 (2.7)] | Dislike [287 (30.7)] | Mildly dislike [431 (46.1)] | No dislike [191 (20.4)] | ||||
Tablets | 4.20 (2.75) | 3.90 (1.61)c, d | 4.23 (1.45)c, e | 4.67 (1.77)d, e | 7.859*** | f = 0.17 | 1 | |
Types of medications | 3.56 (1.08)f | 3.68 (1.12)g, h | 4.06 (1.29)g, i | 4.39 (1.24)f, h, i | 14.373*** | f = 0.22 | 1 | |