Reason | Genderab | Ageb | Type of cannabis use | Total | ||||||
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Men (n = 210) | Women (n = 213) | p-value | 21-34 (n = 224) | > 34 (n = 214) | p-value | Medical only (n = 113) | Medical + recreational (n = 326) | p-value | ||
Never received information | 102 (48.57) | 122 (57.28) | 0.07 | 135 (60.27) | 97 (45.33) | 0.002 | 60 (53.10) | 172 (52.76) | 0.95 | 232 (52.85) |
Complexity of the process | 98 (46.67) | 69 (32.39) | 0.003 | 96 (42.86) | 78 (36.45) | 0.17 | 38 (33.63) | 137 (42.02) | 0.13 | 175 (39.86) |
Difficulty accessing medical cannabis clinics | 61 (29.05) | 36 (16.90) | 0.003 | 60 (26.80) | 42 (19.63) | 0.07 | 20 (17.70) | 82 (25.15) | 0.11 | 102 (23.23) |
The delay before obtaining cannabis is too long | 43 (20.48) | 24 (11.27) | 0.009 | 44 (19.64) | 27 (12.62) | 0.04 | 16 (14.16) | 55 (16.87) | 0.50 | 71 (16.17) |
Higher price of cannabis | 35 (16.67) | 16 (7.51) | 0.004 | 23 (10.27) | 30 (14.02) | 0.23 | 16 (14.16) | 37 (11.35) | 0.43 | 53 (12.07) |
Poor customer service with the clinics | 7 (3.33) | 5 (2.35) | 0.54 | 8 (3.57) | 6 (2.80) | 0.65 | 7 (6.19) | 7 (2.15) | 0.03 | 14 (3.19) |
Not satisfied with the characteristics of products | 24 (11.43) | 10 (4.69) | 0.01 | 17 (7.59) | 20 (9.35) | 0.51 | 12 (10.62) | 25 (7.67) | 0.33 | 37 (8.43) |
The inability to choose the products yourself | 41 (19.52) | 39 (18.31) | 0.75 | 49 (21.88) | 34 (15.89) | 0.07 | 16 (14.16) | 67 (20.55) | 0.13 | 83 (18.91) |
Follow-up with a doctor does not suit me | 45 (21.43) | 38 (17.84) | 0.35 | 53 (23.66) | 36 (16.82) | 0.07 | 11 (9.73) | 78 (23.93) | 0.001 | 89 (20.27) |
Refusal of physician | 13 (6.19) | 22 (10.33) | 0.12 | 14 (6.25) | 21 (9.81) | 0.16 | 11 (9.73) | 24 (7.36) | 0.42 | 35 (7.97) |
Other reasonsc | 21 (10.00) | 21 (9.86) | 0.96 | 20 (8.93) | 23 (10.75) | 0.52 | 15 (13.27) | 28 (8.59) | 0.15 | 43 (9.79) |