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Table 8 Reasons why physicians and pharmacists did not report adverse events to public health centers

From: Behaviors of consumers, physicians and pharmacists in response to adverse events associated with dietary supplement use

 

Physicians

Pharmacists

 

n

%

n

%

P-value

It is difficult to define a cause-and-effect relationship

284

55.1

343

66.6

<0.001

It is not clear which case (severity) needs to be reported

214

41.6

249

48.3

0.033

It is not clear where to report

224

43.5

172

33.4

0.001

Cumbersome procedure to report

61

11.8

51

9.9

0.368

Others

18

3.5

11

2.1

0.258

  1. Physicians (n = 515), Pharmacists (n = 515), P-values were calculated using the χ 2 test