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Table. 2.

Table. 2.

Source of information

Source TC informed *(n = 3000) TC users* (n = 2231) TC non-users* (n = 769) p-value**
No. % No. % No. %
Articles or news from magazines. newspapers, and/or broadcasts 1190 39.7 866 38.8 324 42.1 0.110
Friends and/or family 1107 36.9 835 37.4 272 35.4 0.200
Pharmacist 954 31.8 830 37.2 124 16.1 <0.001
Doctor 916 30.5 786 35.2 130 16.9 <0.001
TV health programs 905 30.2 699 31.3 206 26.8 <0.001
Package inserts and/or leaflets 746 24.9 656 29.4 90 11.7 <0.001
Internet search 616 20.5 514 23.0 102 13.3 <0.001
Advertisement 464 15.5 375 16.8 89 11.6 <0.001
Others 26 0.9 17 0.8 9 1.2 0.900

TCs: topical corticosteroids

*Percentages do not add up to 100% due to multiple selections.

** P-value is from χ2 test performed between TC users and TC non-users.
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