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Table 4 Percentage of respondents rating each type of medication as "helpful" or "harmful" for the person in the depression vignette (by sample)

From: Depression literacy among Australians of Chinese-speaking background in Melbourne, Australia

 

Helpful

  

Harmful

  

Item

%

%

 

Australian

Japanese

Chinese Australian

Australian

Japanese

Chinese Australian

1. Vitamins, minerals

50.2

20.2

26.8

4.4

14.6

5.7

2. St. John's wort

NA

NA

2.6

NA

NA

17.5

3. Pain relievers

14.8

4.4

6.8

37.7

43.4

55.7

4. Antidepressants

46.7

34.8

40.9

27.5

18.2

14

5. Antibiotics

10.4

6.2

37.5

38.3

29.8

4.4

6. Sleeping pills

23.9

31.6

31.1

49.6

27.0

31.1

7. Antipsychotics

11.2

22.6

27.5

48.3

19

25.9

8. Tranquilizers

13.8

38.4

26.4

60.4

15.8

29.0

9. Chinese herbal medicines

NA

NA

17.4

NA

NA

18.5