Assessing knowledge and attitude of Thai citizens towards cannabidiol products
A cross-sectional observational study
Keywords:
cannabidiol products, Cannabis sativa, Thai people knowledge and perspectivesAbstract
Cannabis related products are frequently found in Thailand because Cannabis sativa had passed the law in 2018. This study used cross-sectional survey method aimed to investigate Thai people knowledge and perspectives towards the utilization of cannabidiol products. The survey was done by a set of online questionnaires constructed by the researcher and tested content validity by experts and reliability by Cronbach’s alpha. The results showed that there were 470 participants with female majority (57.9%) and aged between 41 – 60 years old (37.0%). 42.8% of them had experience of using cannabinol products, which were for only food and drinks (21.29%), cannabinol oil sublingually (18.32%), massage oil (3.96%), respectively. The mean knowledge regarding cannabinol product use and effects was 6.55 out of 13 (SD±2.95) and mean perspectives toward cannabinol product use was 8.82 out of 12 (SD±2.32). Moreover, I found significant correlation between perspective and experience of cannabinol product use (p<0.001) as well as gender (p<0.001). Thai people have knowledge on cannabis but with limited extent especially side effect and toxicity of cannabinol substances and observed to hold a positive attitude towards cannabidiol products usage.
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