attitudes eng

Attitudes and Habits Regarding

Healthcare

Public Study Daedalus Consulting

Date: April 2007

2DATI – Healthcare – April07

Methodology

Research methodSurvey

Target population

Persons with ages between 18 – 65 y.o., from the urban environment

Sample size1080 respondents

Data collection techniqueTelephonic Interviews

Fieldwork10 – 21 February 2007

Sampling error+/- 3 %


Consuming Goods Influence on Health

Activities for Maintaining Health

Information Sources

Information Sources Used when a Health Problem Occurs

Information Sources for Maintaining Health and for Preventing

Diseases

Atittudes and Habits Regarding

Healthcare - Objectives


There are three types of consuming goods: 1. products with positive influence on health; 2. products with

rather positive influence on health and 3. products with rather negative influence on health.

In the first group there are fresh vegetables/ fruits, fish, milk, yogurt, cheese, veal and chicken. Over

80.0% of the people from the urban environment consider these products to have a positive influence on

health.

In the second group there are cream, noncarbonated soft drinks, wine, frozen vegetables/

fruits, chocolate, ice tea and ice cream. Consumers had different opinions regarding these products’

influence on health. Thus, these products are classifying in another two sub-groups: products with rather

positive influence on health (cream, noncarbonated soft drinks and wine) and products about which

consumers have different opinions, some saying hat they have a positive influence on health and some

saying they rather have a negative (frozen vegetables/ fruits, chocolate, ice tea and ice cream).

In the third group there are alcoholic drinks, fast-food products, chips/ snacks and carbonated soft drinks.

Over 50.0% of the people from the urban environment consider that these products have rather a negative

influence on health. In most cases, the products in this group are processed products as fast-food

ones, sausages and pre-cooked products.

Women were more critical than men when it comes to products like coffee, sausages, pork, chips/ snacks

and fast-food.

Young people aged 18 - 24 differentiate themselves through the negative attitude towards coffee (74.6%)

and beer (60.8%) and consider to a greater extent noncarbonated soft drinks to have a positive influence

(73.2% vs. 59.6% total population) on health.

Food and Beverages Influence on Health -

Summary


94.8

90.5

89.9

89.3

89.4

83.8

83.0

66.9

59.6

60.4

48.3

46.2

42.4

38.6

-2.1

-4.2

-5.0

-5.0

-5.3

-6.9

-6.7

-21.8

-24.6

-28.6

-33.4

-34.8

-34.9

-36.0

3.1

5.3

5.1

5.8

5.3

9.3

10.4

11.3

15.8

11.0

18.3

19.0

22.7

25.4

92.7

86.3

84.9

84.3

84.1

76.9

76.3

45.1

35.0

31.7

14.9

11.4

7.5

2.7

The Impact on

Health

∆*

Q 14. I will read you a list with products. Please think at the way each of these products can affect your health. For each product category you have the next

options: rather positive influence, rather negative influence or no influence.

%

* ∆=% Positive Influence - % Negative Influence

No

Influence

NegativeInfluence

Positive

Influence

Cheese (n=466)

Chicken (n=483)

Veal (n=434)

Yogurt (n=455)

Milk (n=476)

Cream (n=472)

Fresh vegetables/ fruits (n=457)

Frozen Vegetables/ Fruits (n=432)

Fish (n=468)

Wine (n=422)

Ice Tea (n=368)

Ice Cream (n=416)

Chocolate (n=448)

Noncarbonated Soft Drinks (n=451)

Influence of Consuming Goods on Health »

%


3.0

6.5

8.9

10.0

12.1

15.8

15.9

11.9

19.1

-86.0

-75.8

-70.9

-68.0

-47.5

-41.7

-37.5

-21.0

-19.4

5.5

8.8

10.1

11.0

20.2

21.2

23.3

33.6

30.7

-91.5

-84.6

-81.0

-79.0

-67.7

-63.0

-60.8

-54.5

-50.1

%

Coffee (n=450)

Beer (n=432)

Pre-cooked products (n=406)

Sausages (n=468)

Carbonated Soft Drinks (n=456)

Pork (n=446)

Chips/ Snacks (n=448)

Fast-Food (n=449)

Alcoholic drinks (n=442)

» Influence of Consuming Goods on Health

%

Q 14. I will read you a list with products. Please think at the way each of these products can affect your health. For each product category you have the next

options: rather positive influence, rather negative influence or no influence.

* ∆=% Positive Influence - % Negative Influence

The Impact on

Health

∆*

NegativeInfluence

Positive

InfluenceNo

Influence


When it comes to what they should do to maintain their health, people consider to be equally important

respecting the sleeping hours and having regular meals (77.0%). Regular medical investigation in

maintaining health has grown in importance compared to 2002 (around 70.3% of people consider it extremely

important compared to 36.0% in 2002). Exercises have the same importance for maintaining health for men

as well as for women (around 68.0%), but are practiced more by men. The least important are considered to

be vitamins cure (40.3%) and religious fast (39.2%).

Regular meals, regular medical investigation, exercises and vitamins cure are considered much more

important for maintaining health than they were in 2002.

The number of people that practice different activities for maintaining health has grown as compared to 2002.

Therefore there are more people that practice exercises (55.3% in 2007 compared to 31.0% in 2002), respect

the sleeping hours (60.8% compared to 52.0%) and are on a religious fast (34.6% compared to 28.0%).

The older they get, the more they practice health maintaining activities, excepting exercises

(jogging, fitness, sport).

Men rather have regular meals (58.2% compared to 49.2% women) and do exercises (64.0% compared to

48.0% women). Women practice more than men activities for maintaining health as: meditation/ prayer

(58.4% compared to 39.9% men), diet (54.7% compared to 44.3%), religious fast (42.7% compared to

26.0%) and vitamins cure (38.6% compared to 24.5%).

Activities for Maintaining Health - Summary


77.0

77.0

70.3

68.2

59.0

45.1

40.3

39.2

60.8

53.5

28.8

55.3

49.7

49.4

31.8

34.6

Activities Regularly Done for

Maintaining Health

%

Q 15. Please tell me which of the following activities you do for maintaining your health?

Q 16. How important are for you each of these activities in maintaining health? Give a mark between 1 and 5 where 1 means not at all important and 5 means

extremely important.

*Scale: 5=Extremely important,……, 1=Not important at all

N=1080

% Extremely Important

Activities for Maintaining Health »

Important activities in

Maintaining Health

Respecting the sleeping hours

Regular meals

Regular medical checks

Exercise (jogging, fitness, sport)

Diet

Meditation/ Prayer

Vitamins Cure

Religious fast

Mean*

4.6

1

4.6

5

4.4

3

4.4

6

4.2

6

3.6

9

3.6

9

3.5

5


Q 16. Cat de importante sunt fiecare din aceste activitati pentru mentinerea sanatatii? Acordati o nota intre 1 si 5 unde 1 inseamna deloc important si 5 inseamna

extrem de important.

*Scala: 5=Extrem de important,……, 1=Deloc important

Regular meals



Diet

Vitamins Cure

77.0

70.3

68.2

59.0

40.3

47.7

36.0

50.3

59.2

17.9Feb-07 May-02

%

Important activities in

Maintaining Health

» Activities for Maintaining Health »


60.8

53.5

28.8

55.3

49.7

34.6

52.4

51.9

31.0

29.0

45.2

28.3

%

Q 15. Va rog sa-mi spuneti pe care dintre urmatoarele activitati obisnuiti sa le practicati pentru mentinerea sanatatii dvs. ?

N=1080

Feb-07 May-02

Respecting the sleeping hours

Regular meals



Diet

Religious fast



Maintaining Health


Total

(N=1080)

68.0

70.6

60.2

68.3

46.8

34.6

29.7

32.6

N=1080

77.0

77.0

70.3

68.2

59.0

45.1

40.3

39.2

18-24 y. o.

(n=210)25-34 y. o.

(n=322)

35-44 y. o.

(n=266)

45-54 y. o.

(n=192)

55-65 y. o.

(n=90)

75.1

75.6

68.3

69.2

52.4

42.4

36.8

36.6

77.3

74.8

68.7

68.8

64.8

44.1

42.4

36.8

78.7

79.2

75.9

66.4

58.5

49.1

41.2

42.3

86.3

86.1

77.8

68.3

75.0

56.0

53.0

49.2


Important Activities in Maintaining Health% Extremely Important

superior to (95% level of confidence)




Respecting the

sleeping hours

Regular meals

Regular medical

checks

Exercise (jogging,

fitness, sport)

Diet

Meditation/ Prayer

Vitamins Cure

Religious fast


%

N=1080

60.8

55.3

53.5

49.7

49.4

34.6

31.8

28.8

Total

(N=1080)18-24 y. o.

(n=210)

25-34 y. o.

(n=322)

35-44 y. o.

(n=266)

45-54 y. o.

(n=192)

55-65 y. o.

(n=90)

48.3

63.9

42.6

39.1

42.0

30.9

22.0

20.6

55.7

58.0

48.0

39.3

45.6

31.7

31.6

25.9

56.9

55.2

46.9

48.0

42.8

29.1

36.1

21.9

67.6

49.0

57.8

57.3

57.5

37.5

35.2

34.9

77.6

51.6

76.9

68.2

60.6

46.8

31.4

42.7


superior to (95% level of confidence)Activities Regularly Done for Maintaining Health


Respecting the

sleeping hours

Regular meals

Regular medical

checks

Exercise (jogging,

fitness, sport)

Diet

Meditation/ Prayer

Vitamins Cure

Religious fast


77.0

77.0

70.3

68.2

59.0

45.1

40.3

39.2

N=1080

Total

(N=1080)Females

(n=534)

Males

(n=546)

Important Activities in Maintaining Health

» Activities for Maintaining Health

%Total

(N=1080)Females

(n=534)

Males

(n=546)

82.3

80.8

77.5

67.6

65.1

54.5

49.1

48.0

71.3

72.9

62.5

68.7

52.4

35.1

30.9

29.8

% Extremely Important

60.8

53.5

28.8

55.3

49.7

49.4

31.8

34.6

61.9

49.2

29.8

47.5

54.7

58.4

38.6

42.7

59.6

58.2

27.7

63.7

44.3

39.9

24.5

26.0







Maintaining Health

Respecting the

sleeping hours

Regular meals

Regular medical

checks

Exercise (jogging,

fitness, sport)

Diet

Meditation/ Prayer

Vitamins Cure

Religious fast


When a health problem appears, 88.9% of people ask the family doctor’s recommendation

while 39.0% ask the pharmacist recommendation. The pharmacist recommendation is the

second information source use by people after the doctor’s one.

Compared to other age categories, the young people, aged 18 – 34, rather ask their friends/

relatives/ acquaintances recommendation and browse the Internet, while persons aged 45 - 65

take into consideration to a higher extent mass-media (magazines, television, papers, radio) as

an information source when a health problem appears.

Women turn more than men to information sources both for maintaining health and prevention

of diseases as for the appearance of a health problem.

Romanians inform themselves more when there is a health problem. Still, the magazines and

the radio are use rather as information sources for maintaining and preventing health than for

when a health problem appears.

Information Sources - Summary


Q 17. Which of the following information sources you consider when you have a health problem?

Q 18. Which of these information sources you consider when you want to get information about maintaining health and preventing diseases?

78.4

27.7

25.7

24.9

24.3

18.5

18.3

13.9

11.5

8.1

2.0

Information Sources for Maintaining Health and

Preventing Diseases

Information Sources when a Health

Problem Appears

88.9

38.7

16.0

23.4

19.6

23.1

13.3

12.9

8.9

8.8

1.8

N=1080

%

Information Sources »

Family doctor

Pharmacist’s recommendation

Magazines

Internet

TV

Relatives/ Friends/ Acquaintances‘

Recommendation

Newspapers

Fliers

Radio

Bio therapists/ Nutritionists/ etc

Other



78.4

27.7

25.7

24.9

24.3

18.5

18.3

13.9

11.5

8.1

2.0

77.6

29.3

17.6

31.6

11.1

27.2

9.2

9.4

5.6

8.1

1.5

74.7

26.6

20.9

32.8

17.1

23.4

14.4

15.0

9.2

9.0

2.1

76.6

30.1

24.5

26.2

23.0

17.9

17.9

17.8

11.4

7.3

2.1

83.2

27.5

34.7

16.4

35.0

13.2

26.6

10.6

14.8

9.8

1.5

80.1

24.3

30.2

16.3

35.5

10.5

22.1

16.1

16.5

5.5

3.3

Total

(N=1080)

18-24 y. o.

(n=210)25-34 y. o.

(n=322)

35-44 y. o.

(n=266)

45-54 y. o.

(n=192)

55-65 y. o.

(n=90)%

» Information Sources »

Information Sources for Maintaining Health and Preventing Diseases

Q 18. Which of these information sources you consider when you want to get information about maintaining health and preventing diseases?

Family doctor


Magazines

Internet

TV

Relatives/ Friends

Recommendation

Newspapers

Fliers

Radio

Bio therapists/ Nutritionists

Other



88.9

38.7

23.4

23.1

19.6

16.0

13.3

12.9

8.9

8.8

1.8

Total

(N=1080)

91.6

31.3

15.7

17.0

30.1

20.0

20.4

16.2

19.2

7.6

3.3

Information Sources when a Health Problem Appears

87.0

41.3

31.1

37.7

10.5

14.4

6.2

10.5

4.3

8.1

0.5

87.3

42.4

31.1

31.7

13.1

10.9

7.9

9.9

5.4

8.4

1.2

87.9

41.5

22.2

16.6

17.9

15.4

13.7

14.2

8.1

10.4

1.1

91.1

35.2

16.1

13.9

27.5

20.3

18.7

14.2

9.8

9.0

2.8

%

» Information Sources

18-24 y. o.

(n=210)25-34 y. o.

(n=322)

35-44 y. o.

(n=266)

45-54 y. o.

(n=192)

55-65 y. o.

(n=90)

Q 17. Which of the following information sources you consider when you have a health problem?

Family doctor


Magazines

Internet

TV

Relatives/ Friends

Recommendation

Newspapers

Fliers

Radio

Bio therapists/ Nutritionists

Other



Demographics


18 - 24 y.o.

16.4%

25 - 34 y.o.

23.7%

35 - 44 y.o.

21.7%

45 - 54 y.o.

23.0%

55 - 65 y.o.

15.1%

Sex Age

D 1. Sex:

S 1. . What is your age last birthday?

Female51.7%

Male48.3%

N=1080

Demographics »


Historical Region Urbanization Degree

S 0. Locality

50,000 inhabitants

or less29.4%

50,000-200,000

inhabitants28.8%

200,000 inhabitants

or more25.0%

Bucharest16.8%

Moldova17.2%

Muntenia30.1% Banat

14.6%

Ardeal21.4%

Bucharest16.8%

N=1080

» Demographics »


1 member6.9%

2 members

22.3%

3 members

32.7%

4 members

27.7%

5 members or more10.4%

Household Size Marital Status

D 11. How many members are in your household, including yourself?

D 5. What is your marital status?

Single24.4%

Married66.9%

Divorced5.5%

Widow3.2%

N=1080

» Demographics »


8 grades or less8.4%

10 grades/ Vocational schoo

21.0%

High school36.8%

Post high school8.3%

College/ University20.1%

Post graduate5.4%

A - High education/ High income

19.7%

B - High education/ Low income

10.1%

C - Low education/ High income

18.2%

D - Low education/ Low income

40.7%

Don't know/ No answer11.3%

Education

Occupation

13.9

13.9

21.4

21.1

7.0

22.6

Employer/ self employed

Professional

Non-manual worker / clerk

Manual worker

Pupil/ student

Other categories with no accupation

D 4. What is the highest level of education you attained?

D 6, D 7, D 8. . Which of the following categories best represents your current employment status?

D 10. What category does your monthly net income per family member belong to?

N=1080

Social Class

» Demographics »


18.4

22.9

19.9

12.1

15.4

11.3

Under EURO 75

EURO 75 -125

EURO 125 -200

EURO 200 -300

Over EURO 300

Don't know/ No anwer

Personal monthly net income (EURO*)

11.8

12.0

31.7

16.0

24.5

4.0

No income

Under EURO 100

EURO 100 -200

EURO 200 -300

Over EURO 300

Don't know/ No answer

D 9. Which category does your personal monthly net income belong to?

D 10. What category does your monthly net income per family member belong to?

Monthly net income per family member

(EURO*)

*EURO 1=ROL 35,000

N=1080

» Demographics

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