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Table 6 Results of the binary logistic regression models to identify factors for NHPCC usage as distinguished from nCC-NHP usage (model 1) and past NHP usage (model 2)

From: Factors influencing the use of natural health products, in particular for concentration and cognition in Germany

Variables

Model 1: nCC-NHP user (n = 492) vs. NHPCC user (n = 236)

Model 2: Past NHP user (n = 235) vs. NHPCC user (n = 236)

  

95% CI

   

95% CI

 

B

OR

Lower

Upper

R²

B

OR

Lower

Upper

R²

Predisposing factors

 

Age: middle-aged (young = 0; middle-aged = 1)

-0.28

0.75

0.46

1.24

 

0.11

1.12

0.51

2.45

 
 

Age: age old (young = 0; old = 1)

-0.61*

0.54

0.30

0.98

 

-0.01

0.99

0.41

2.40

 
 

Gender (male = 0; female = 1)

-0.12

0.89

0.61

1.29

 

0.84**

2.31

1.35

3.95

 
 

School education (< 12years = 0; > 12 years = 1)

-0.19

0.82

0.58

1.18

 

0.06

1.06

0.62

1.83

 
 

Children in the same household (no = 0; yes = 1)

0.26

1.30

0.85

2.00

 

0.45

1.57

0.80

3.07

 

Value orientation

Openness-to-change

-0.04

0.96

0.78

1.17

 

0.15

1.16

0.87

1.55

 

Conservation

-0.06

0.94

0.78

1.14

 

-0.43**

0.65

0.50

0.85

 

Self-enhancement

0.03

1.03

0.89

1.19

 

0.06

1.07

0.84

1.35

 

Self-transcendence

0.13

1.14

0.92

1.41

0.030

0.35**

1.42

1.05

1.91

0.132

Enabling factors

 

Federal state (west = 0; east = 1)

-0.06

0.94

0.59

1.50

 

0.45

1.57

0.73

3.39

 
 

Occupation (not employed = 0; employed = 1)

0.19

1.20

0.79

1.84

 

0.46

1.58

0.84

2.97

 
 

Health insurance (public = 0; private = 1)

0.04

1.04

0.70

1.54

 

-0.16

0.85

0.48

1.51

 

Information source

Health professional (no = 0; yes = 1)

0.40*

1.49

1.04

2.14

 

1.07***

2.92

1.69

5.04

 

Online/Social media (no = 0; yes = 1)

0.35

1.41

0.98

2.03

 

0.42

1.52

0.86

2.67

 

Literature/Journals (no = 0; yes = 1)

0.86***

2.36

1.63

3.41

 

1.15***

3.17

1.74

5.77

 

Family/friends (no = 0; yes = 1)

0.08

1.08

0.76

1.54

 

0.02

1.02

0.60

1.75

 

On product (no = 0; yes = 1)

0.12

1.13

0.79

1.61

0.110

0.40

1.49

0.87

2.52

0.347

Need factors

 

General health condition

-0.04

0.96

0.74

1.23

 

0.01

1.01

0.68

1.49

 
 

Chronic diseases (no = 0; yes = 1)

0.09

1.09

0.75

1.59

 

0.24

1.27

0.72

2.25

 
 

APSA: DAMP

0.45**

1.57

1.15

2.15

0.127

0.97***

2.63

1.58

4.37

0.403

Health service use

Aims

Support/maintain health (no = 0; yes = 1)

0.64**

1.91

1.12

3.24

 

1.40***

4.04

2.05

7.94

 

Prevention of illness (no = 0; yes = 1)

0.58**

1.78

1.24

2.57

 

1.60***

4.97

2.90

8.52

 

Treatment of symptoms/diseases (no = 0; yes = 1)

-0.26

0.77

0.52

1.14

 

-0.01

0.99

0.57

1.73

 
 

NHP self-medication (no = 0; yes = 1)

-0.09

0.91

0.53

1.58

0.165

1.38***

3.96

2.07

7.59

0.563

  1. B = regression coefficient b; OR = odds ratio. CI = confidence intervals for odds ratio; R²= Nagelkerke Pseudo R². *p ≤ 0.05; **p ≤ 0.01; ***p ≤ 0.001. Bold data are significant on a 0.05 level