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Is Trust in Information Sources Associated with Drug Use? A Population-Based Study

Branko Gabrovec
Branko Gabrovec
, 
Nuša Crnkovič
Nuša Crnkovič
, 
Mitja Vrdelja
Mitja Vrdelja
, 
Katarina Cesar
Katarina Cesar
 et 
Špela Selak
Špela Selak
   | 13 juin 2023
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Article Category: Original scientific article
Publié en ligne: 13 juin 2023
Pages: 129 - 136
Reçu: 09 janv. 2023
Accepté: 19 avr. 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2023-0018
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Figure 1.

Trust in the information sources – comparison among all study participants and two drug use groups (use of cannabis, cocaine or heroin once in their life or in the past 12 months) on a scale of 1–6 (1 = I strongly do not trust, 6 = I completely trust).
Trust in the information sources – comparison among all study participants and two drug use groups (use of cannabis, cocaine or heroin once in their life or in the past 12 months) on a scale of 1–6 (1 = I strongly do not trust, 6 = I completely trust).

Trust in information sources by gender.

Nw Mw SDw Nm Mm SDm
Newspapers 4771 3.78 1.286 4148 3.65 1.371
Television 4773 3.51 1.025 4152 3.37 1.101
Radio 4740 3.62 1.146 4131 3.48 1.193
Brochures, booklets 4714 3.75 1.282 4104 3.58 1.372
Internet, web pages 4716 3.47 1.253 4114 3.34 1.300
Social media 4691 3.58 1.517 4092 3.48 1.605
Friends 4740 3.77 0.878 4130 3.67 0.949
Immediate family and relatives 4741 4.01 0.847 4139 3.96 0.921
Healthcare workers 4749 4.15 0.856 4150 4.05 0.946

Trust in the information sources – comparison between all study participants and drug use group (use of cannabis, cocaine or heroin once in the past 12 months), reported means on a scale of 1–6 (1 = I strongly do not trust, 6 = I completely trust).

Trust in media Cannabis N=505 Cocaine N=65 Heroin N=6 Whole sample N=8919
Newspapers 2.59 2.52 2.33 2.56
Television 2.33 2.38 2.17 2.40
Radio 2.48 2.45 2.33 2.47
Brochures, booklets 2.43 2.45 2.17 2.52
Internet 2.14 2.20 2.00 2.32
Social media 1.96 1.88 1.83 2.37
Friends 2.59 2.57 2.67 2.61
Immediate family and relatives 2.67 2.60 3.00 2.76
Healthcare workers 2.75 2.74 2.33 2.80

Test statistics for trust in information sources for users and non-users of cocaine.

Newspaper Television Radio Brochures, Booklets Internet Social media Friends Immediate family and relatives Healthcare workers
Mann-Whitney U 665052.500 741466.000 751532.000 679488.500 771673.000 629907.000 874529.500 845406.000 853345.000
Wilcoxon W 682443.500 761566.000 771035.000 698209.500 29058154.000 650410.000 35974160.500 868626.000 877216.000
z −.214 −2.618 −.569 −.879 −1.698 −1.348 −1.429 −1.777 −2.014
Asymp. Sig. (2-tailed) .831 .009 .569 .379 .089 .178 .153 .076 .044

Trust in information sources for age group 15–34 years.

N Mean SD
Newspapers 2987 2.62 0.98
Television 2981 2.39 0.85
Radio 2975 2.46 0.89
Brochures, booklets 2959 2.50 0.94
Internet, web pages 2972 2.14 0.79
Social media 2975 2.02 0.87
Friends 2987 2.56 0.68
Immediate family and relatives 2981 2.71 0.60
Healthcare workers 2979 2.79 0.57

Trust in information sources for younger and older age groups.

N15–34 M15–34 SD15–34 N35–65 M35–65 SD35–65
Newspapers 2987 3.80 1.416 5932 3.68 1.280
Television 2981 3.42 1.156 5944 3.45 1.013
Radio 2975 3.54 1.242 5896 3.56 1.132
Brochures, booklets 2959 3.65 1.340 5859 3.68 1.321
Internet, web pages 2972 3.14 1.023 5858 3.55 1.368
Social media 2975 3.01 1.184 5808 3.80 1.656
Friends 2987 3.67 0.936 5883 3.75 0.900
Immediate family and relatives 2981 3.96 0.934 5899 4.00 0.855
Healthcare workers 2979 4.12 0.937 5920 4.09 0.881
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