Table 6 Healthcare resources and other resources utilization by individuals who reported self-medication with cannabis in an online survey in Quebec from November 2020 to January 2021 (n = 489)
Gender | Age (years) | Type of cannabis use | Total participants (n = 489) N (%)a | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Men | Women | p-value$ | ≤34 | >34 | p-value$ | Medical use only (n = 122) | Medical + recreational use (n = 367) | p-value$ | ||
Treated condition(s) were diagnosed | N= 232 | N= 234 | 0.050 | N= 248 | N= 233 | <.0001 | N= 120 | N= 362 | 0.0009 | N= 482 |
Yes, all treated conditions | 95 (40.95) | 122 (52.14) | 86 (34.68) | 135 (57.94) | 73 (60.83) | 149 (41.16) | 222 (46.06) | |||
Yes, but not all treated conditions | 85 (36.64) | 72 (30.77) | 97 (39.11) | 67 (28.76) | 29 (24.17) | 135 (37.29) | 164 (34.02) | |||
No | 52 (22.41) | 40 (17.09) | 65 (26.21) | 31 (13.30) | 18 (15.00) | 78 (21.55) | 96 (19.92) | |||
Declaration of cannabis use to healthcare professionalsc | N = 191 | N = 151 | 0.1345 | N = 170 | N = 180 | 0.0276 | N = 90 | N = 261 | 0.034 | N= 351 |
Yes, always | 111 (58.12) | 72 (47.68) | 78 (45.88) | 107 (59.44) | 51 (56.67) | 135 (51.72) | 186 (52.99) | |||
Yes, sometimes | 56 (29.32) | 52 (34.44) | 65 (38.24) | 47 (26.11) | 20 (22.22) | 92 (35.25) | 112 (31.91) | |||
No | 24 (12.57) | 27 (17.88) | 27 (15.88) | 26 (14.44) | 19 (21.11) | 34 (13.03) | 53 (15.10) | |||
Resources consulted for cannabis use | N = 235 | N = 238 | N = 252 | N = 236 | N = 122 | N = 367 | N = 489 | |||
Physician | 87 (37.02) | 51 (21.43) | 0.0002 | 67 (26.59) | 75 (31.78) | 0.2070 | 34 (27.87) | 109 (29.70) | 0.700 | 143 (29.24) |
Pharmacist | 19 (8.09) | 17 (7.14) | 0.70 | 21 (8.33) | 15 (6.36) | 0.4037 | 9 (7.38) | 27 (7.36) | 0.99 | 36 (7.36) |
Legal recreational cannabis store agent | 73 (31.06) | 102 (42.86) | 0.0079 | 85 (33.72) | 95 (40.25) | 0.1355 | 53 (43.44) | 127 (34.60) | 0.079 | 180 (36.81) |
Illegal seller | 25 (10.64) | 18 (7.56) | 0.24 | 27 (10.71) | 18 (7.63) | 0.2388 | 6 (4.92) | 39 (10.63) | 0.059 | 45 (9.20) |
Agent from a cannabis production company | 18 (7.66) | 13 (5.46) | 0.33 | 15 (5.95) | 17 (7.20) | 0.5769 | 10 (8.20) | 22 (5.99) | 0.39 | 32 (6.54) |
Psychologist or psychotherapist | 26 (11.06) | 15 (6.30) | 0.066 | 25 (9.92) | 16 (6.78) | 0.2113 | 9 (7.38) | 32 (8.72) | 0.64 | 41 (8.38) |
Naturopath or herborist | 9 (3.83) | 6 (2.52) | 0.42 | 9 (3.57) | 7 (2.97) | 0.7075 | 4 (3.28) | 12 (3.27) | 0.99 | 16 (3.27) |
Other resourcesa | 31 (13.19) | 20 (8.40) | 0.093 | 24 (9.52) | 31 (13.14) | 0.2074 | 19 (15.57) | 36 (9.81) | 0.081 | 55 (11.25) |
Never consulted | 88 (37.45) | 98 (41.18) | 0.406 | 108 (42.86) | 83 (35.17) | 0.0821 | 39 (31.97) | 152 (41.42) | 0.064 | 191 (39.06) |
Information sought by consulting a resource (n = 298 as 191 never consulted a resource) | N = 147 | N = 140 | N = 144 | N = 153 | N = 83 | N = 215 | N = 298 | |||
Methods of cannabis consumption | 28 (19.05) | 45 (32.14) | 0.011 | 36 (25.00) | 38 (24.84) | 0.9740 | 28 (33.73) | 46 (21.40) | 0.027 | 74 (24.83) |
Available varieties and concentrations/potencies of cannabis products | 69 (46.94) | 85 (60.71) | 0.027 | 78 (54.17) | 84 (54.90) | 0.8988 | 47 (56.63) | 115(53.49) | 0.626 | 162 (54.36) |
Efficacy of cannabis | 78 (53.06) | 86 (61.43) | 0.152 | 85 (59.03) | 85 (55.56) | 0.5455 | 52 (62.65) | 118 (54.88) | 0.225 | 170 (57.05) |
Safety of cannabis/adverse effects | 31 (21.09) | 24 (17.14) | 0.396 | 35 (24.31) | 22 (14.38) | 0.0299 | 17 (20.48) | 41 (19.07) | 0.783 | 58 (19.46) |
Safety to combine cannabis with other medication | 35 (23.81) | 37 (26.43) | 0.609 | 36 (25.00) | 40 (26.14) | 0.8214 | 25 (30.12) | 51 (23.72) | 0.256 | 76 (25.50) |
Subjective effect of cannabis (‘high’) | 33 (22.45) | 23 (16.43) | 0.198 | 42 (29.17) | 18 (11.76) | 0.0002 | 4 (4.82) | 56 (26.05) | <0.0001 | 60 (20.13) |
Otherb | 12 (8.16) | 5 (3.57) | 0.099 | 12 (8.33) | 8 (5.23) | 0.2860 | 4 (4.82) | 16 (7.44) | 0.417 | 20 (6.71) |
Would like to have access to a healthcare professional regarding medical use of cannabis (n = 343; missing = 14)c | ||||||||||
Yes | 146 (79.78) | 122 (80.79) | 0.82 | 136 (82.93) | 139 (78.09) | 0.2602 | 72 (80.00) | 204 (80.63) | 0.90 | 276 (80.47) |