Table 6 Comparison between demographic characteristics and consumer beliefs about community pharmacist weight management services
From: Perceptions of the Malaysian general public on community pharmacy-based weight management services
Study characteristics | “In your opinion, should community pharmacists provide weight management services?” | χ2 or Fisher Exact | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No/ don’t know | |||
Gender | ||||
Male | 197 (59.0%) | 137 (41.0%) | 7.834 | 0.005** |
Female | 273 (68.9%) | 123 (31.1%) | ||
Ethnicity | ||||
Malay | 194 (59.1%) | 134 (40.9%) | 23.763 | 0.000*** |
Chinese | 143 (60.9%) | 92 (39.1%) | ||
Indian | 128 (79.0%) | 34 (21.0%) | ||
Others | 5 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||
Educational level | ||||
No formal/ primary | 21 (75.0%) | 7 (25.0%) | 14.115 | 0.015* |
Secondary education | 43 (79.6%) | 11 (20.4%) | ||
Diploma | 182 (67.7%) | 87 (32.3%) | ||
Bachelor’s degree | 183 (57.9%) | 133 (42.1%) | ||
Masters/ PhD | 32 (66.7%) | 16 (33.3%) | ||
Others | 9 (60.0%) | 4 (40.0%) | ||
Self-perceived body image | ||||
Underweight/ normal weight | 62 (54.4%) | 52 (45.6%) | 6.960 | 0.031* |
Overweight | 300 (65.1%) | 161 (34.9%) | ||
Obese | 108 (69.7%) | 47 (30.3%) | ||