Research Article

Characteristics of Herbal Medicine Users and Adverse Events Experienced in South Korea: A Survey Study

Table 3

Opinion on safety of herbal medicines.

Herbal medicine is safe (, 64.0%)Herbal medicine is not safe (, 36.0%) value

Sex
 Men430 (59.2)161 (39.5)>0.001
 Women296 (40.8)247 (60.5)
Age (years)
 20–29154 (21.2)55 (13.5)>0.001
 30–39166 (22.9)71 (17.4)
 40–49176 (24.2)101 (24.8)
 50–59148 (20.4)105 (25.7)
 60–6982 (11.3)76 (18.6)
Occupation
 Executives professionals145 (20.0)69 (16.9)0.142
 Office workers252 (34.7)140 (34.3)
 Service sales workers52 (7.2)31 (7.6)
 Agriculture, forestry, and fishery workers4 (0.6)0
 Craft mechanical workers32 (4.4)9 (2.2)
 Simple labourers11 (1.5)4 (1.0)
 Self-employed, part-time employees, and freelancers14 (1.9)11 (2.7)
 Students, housewives, and unemployed216 (29.8%)144 (35.3)
Level of education
 Middle school10 (1.4)2 (0.4)0.610
 High school138 (19.0)80 (19.6)
 College499 (68.7)285 (69.9)
 Graduate school79 (10.9)41 (10.0)

All data are in (%).
Chi-square test was performed.