Table 4 Women pharmacy consumers’ ideal weight management program in Victoria and Nottingham according to different age-groups

Information delivery

Face-to-face

215 (79.9)

117 (76.0)

0.34

18-30

52 (83.9)

25 (75.8)

0.34

31-50

76 (73.8)

52 (77.6)

0.57

≥51

86 (83.5)

40 (75.5)

0.23

Email

76 (28.3)

41 (26.6)

0.72

18-30

25 (40.3)

12 (36.4)

0.71

31-50

42 (40.8)

23 (34.3)

0.40

≥51

9 (8.7)

6 (11.3)

0.60

Telephone call

9 (3.3)

11 (7.1)

0.77

18-30

4 (6.5)

3 (9.1)

0.64

31-50

2 (1.9)

5 (7.5)

0.08

≥51

3 (2.9)

3 (5.7)

0.40

Mobile phone

11 (4.1)

11 (7.1)

0.17

18-30

8 (12.9)

7 (21.2)

0.29

31-50

3 (2.9)

4 (6.0)

0.33

≥51

0

0

1

Postal letter

16 (5.9)

17 (11.0)

0.06

18-30

0

5 (15.2)

0.002

31-50

9 (8.7)

7 (10.4)

0.71

≥51

7 (6.8)

4 (7.5)

0.86

HCPs needed

None

20 (7.4)

24 (15.6)

0.008

18-30

5 (8.2)

2 (6.1)

0.71

31-50

7 (6.7)

15 (22.4)

0.003

≥51

8 (7.8)

6 (11.3)

0.46

Doctor

178 (65.9)

50 (32.5)

<0.001

18-30

38 (62.3)

9 (27.3)

0.001

31-50

64 (61.5)

20 (29.9)

<0.001

≥51

76 (73.8)

21 (39.6)

<0.001

Dietitian

188 (69.6)

74 (48.1)

<0.001

18-30

44 (72.1)

20 (41.6)

0.25

31-50

74 (71.2)

31 (46.3)

0.001

≥51

68 (66.0)

23 (43.4)

0.007

Pharmacist

117 (43.3)

54 (35.1)

0.10

18-30

23 (37.7)

17 (51.5)

0.20

31-50

40 (38.5)

20 (29.9)

0.25

≥51

54 (52.4)

17 (32.1)

0.016

Psychologist

36 (13.3)

6 (3.9)

0.002

18-30

10 (16.4)

1 (3.0)

0.05

31-50

13 (12.5)

4 (6.0)

0.16

≥51

12 (11.7)

1 (1.9)

0.04

Exercise-consultant

145 (53.7)

47 (30.5)

<0.001

18-30

39 (63.9)

65 (48.5)

0.15

31-50

68 (65.4)

22 (32.8)

<0.001

≥51

37 (35.9)

9 (17.0)

0.01

Nurses

14 (5.2)

18 (11.7)

0.015

18-30

3 (4.9)

5 (15.2)

0.09

31-50

5 (4.8)

9 (13.4)

0.04

≥51

6 (5.8)

4 (7.5)

0.68

Program location

Doctor’s clinic

100 (37.2)

46 (31.3)

0.23

18-30

17 (27.9)

6 (18.8)

0.33

31-50

36 (35.0)

24 (39.3)

0.57

≥51

47 (45.6)

15 (28.3)

0.04

Pharmacy

118 (43.7)

39 (26.5)

0.001

18-30

22 (36.1)

11 (34.4)

0.87

31-50

46 (44.7)

17 (27.9)

0.03

≥51

50 (48.1)

11 (20.8)

0.001

Gym

74 (27.4)

41 (27.9)

0.92

18-30

27 (44.3)

16 (50.0)

0.60

31-50

36 (35.0)

16 (26.2)

0.25

≥51

10 (9.6)

9 (17.0)

0.18

Workplace

12 (4.5)

14 (9.5)

0.04

18-30

4 (6.6)

2 (6.3)

0.95

31-50

6 (5.9)

9 (14.8)

0.06

≥51

2 (1.9)

3 (5.7)

0.21

Home

81 (30.0)

40 (27.2)

0.55

18-30

21 (34.4)

10 (31.3)

0.76

31-50

25 (24.3)

16 (26.2)

0.78

≥51

34 (32.7)

14 (26.4)

0.42

Community centre

35 (13.0)

26 (17.7)

0.19

18-30

8 (13.1)

8 (25.0)

0.15

31-50

12 (11.7)

12 (19.7)

0.16

≥51

15 (14.4)

6 (11.3)

0.59

Other ( e.g. Weight Watchers® clinic)

12 (4.4)

4 (2.7)

0.38

18-30

1 (1.6)

0

0.47

31-50

2 (1.9)

3 (4.9)

0.25

≥51

9 (8.7)

1 (1.9)

0.10