Current matters of facts of functional supplement retailers supporting diabetes treatment within the pharmacies in Hochiminh city

Abstract

    This study investigated the status selling of functional food support or supplement in the treatment of diabetic disease at pharmacie in the Ho Chi Minh City area. Research methods and techniques used include cross-sectional descriptive methods, questionnaire surveys and questionnaire interviews; statistical methods and data processing by excel software. The results show that 17 categories of supplement products with information are sold at pharmacies. Of which, 100% of the surveyed pharmacies sold Diabetna, the highest monthly sales of the group. The range of products sold is from 2-9 different types.They sold supplement products form import and domestic manufactuer with herbal ingredients were 29% and 71% respectively. 100% of pharmacies surveyed have praciced counselin knowledge about disease and using product after buying products, in which of 6.7% of pharmacies have advice on lifestyle changes for patients. The study also shows that consumer behavior of supplement is influenced by many factors.