Physician, gynaecologist, specialist (%) | Internet (%) | Pharmacy personnel (%) | Drug handbook, Information leaflet (%) | Midwife, nurse (%) | Family, friends (%) | Drug information centre (%)* | Other (%)† | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total (n=4054) | 73 | 60 | 46 | 35 | 33 | 24 | 7 | 7 |
Eastern Europe (n=1095) | 77 | 75 | 46 | 32 | 14 | 29 | 1 | 10 |
Russia (n=456) | 70 | 90 | 35 | 26 | 12 | 33 | 0 | 13 |
Croatia (n=130) | 71 | 78 | 54 | 38 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 17 |
Poland (n=344) | 89 | 54 | 52 | 34 | 23 | 30 | 3 | 6 |
Serbia (n=88) | 88 | 81 | 63 | 38 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 6 |
Slovenia (n=77) | 68 | 64 | 55 | 47 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 5 |
Northern Europe (n=1250) | 66 | 54 | 47 | 49 | 50 | 23 | 6 | 3 |
Finland (n=372) | 67 | 59 | 57 | 50 | 54 | 20 | 19 | 2 |
Iceland (n=44) | 64 | 46 | 46 | 41 | 59 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
Sweden (n=408) | 57 | 56 | 49 | 61 | 65 | 23 | 1 | 3 |
Norway (n=426) | 74 | 49 | 37 | 37 | 32 | 25 | 1 | 5 |
Australia (n=98) | 74 | 54 | 54 | 28 | 49 | 21 | 24 | 5 |
Western Europe (n=1273) | 75 | 52 | 47 | 28 | 33 | 21 | 9 | 7 |
Austria (n=32) | 88 | 72 | 75 | 63 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 9 |
Italy (n=419) | 89 | 52 | 42 | 33 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 7 |
Switzerland (n=245) | 84 | 53 | 54 | 38 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 7 |
France (n=159) | 77 | 45 | 63 | 11 | 29 | 23 | 5 | 6 |
The Netherlands (n=23) | 83 | 70 | 35 | 61 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
The UK (n=395) | 52 | 51 | 42 | 18 | 68 | 31 | 13 | 7 |
Americas (n=338) | 80 | 62 | 37 | 21 | 21 | 31 | 16 | 8 |
The USA (n=124) | 81 | 74 | 35 | 29 | 27 | 30 | 24 | 7 |
Canada (n=96) | 77 | 44 | 58 | 16 | 27 | 33 | 22 | 7 |
South-American Countries (n=118) | 82 | 63 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 31 | 3 | 9 |
*Poison information centres, teratology information services and national centres of information on medicines.
†Herbal shop personnel, complementary medicine personnel, magazines, media and books.