Study on the factors of knowledge and willingness of online prescription drug purchases in Shanghai residents

doi:10.5246/jcps.2021.09.065

Abstract

Abstract:

In the present study, we aimed to survey whether Shanghai residents were willing to buy prescription drugs online. This study randomly surveyed the influence factors of Shanghai residents of different age, educational background, income, and occupation in the form of online questionnaires about whether they would buy prescription drugs online. Age had a significant effect on the awareness rate of online prescription drug purchases. There was no significant difference between the awareness rate of online prescription drug purchase and education, “whether the respondents are practitioners in pharmaceutical industry or not” and monthly income. Age and monthly income were related to the willingness of online prescription drug purchases. “Whether the respondents are practitioners in pharmaceutical industry or not” was not correlated with the willingness of online prescription drug purchases. It is necessary to strengthen the popularity of online drug stores and online prescription drug purchases and reduce consumers’ expenses on the above-mentioned drugs.

Key words: Prescription drugs, Online-purchase, Study

Supporting:

Weijie Yan, Lingxi Li, Yanran Li, Jie Min, Zhixuan Zhang, Yuliang Zhou, Jiaoling Huang, Li Zhang. Study on the factors of knowledge and willingness of online prescription drug purchases in Shanghai residents[J]. Journal of Chinese Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2021, 30(9): 773-777.

Figures/Tables 7

Table 1. Multiple comparisons between age groups.

Table 2. Analysis of variability among control groups with different educational background.

Table 3. Independent t-test.

Table 4. Analysis of the variance of each income layer.

Table 5. Relationship between willingness to buy prescription drugs online and different age groups (Chi-Square Tests).

Table 6. The relationship between whether work in the pharmaceutical industry and willingness to buy prescription drugs online (Chi-Square Tests).

Table 7. Relationship between income and willingness to buy prescription drugs online (Chi-Square Tests).

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