Table 2.
Univariate nonparametric analysis of cyberchondria severity depending on the frequency of utilization of healthcare services and alternative medicine
| Variable | Variable category | Mean (SD) | p |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visits to family physicians | no visits | 63.2 (20.6)ab | H = 32.72, df = 3, p < 0.001 |
| one visit | 66.5 (19.8)c | ||
| two or three visits | 69.3 (19.9)a | ||
| more than three visits | 71.9 (20.8)bc | ||
| Visits to specialists | no visits | 63.2 (19.5)abc | H = 32.99, df = 3, p < 0.001 |
| one visit | 68.8 (19.1)a | ||
| two or three visits | 70.2 (21.0)b | ||
| more than three visits | 72.4 (20.7)c | ||
| Diagnostic procedures | no use | 66.7 (20.6)a | H = 19.80, df = 3, p < 0.001 |
| once | 68.8 (19.5)b | ||
| two or three times | 69.2 (20.1)c | ||
| more than three times | 71.3 (20.4)abc | ||
| Hospital admission | no admission | 67.0 (19.7)ab | H = 50.41, df = 2, p < 0.001 |
| one admission | 72.1 (20.4)ac | ||
| more than one admission | 79.2 (23.2)bc | ||
| Emergency services | no use | 66.5 (19.4)ab | H = 63.25, df = 2, p < 0.001 |
| once | 73.4 (20.3)ac | ||
| more than once | 78.4 (23.9)bc | ||
| Alternative medicine | no use | 67.4 (19.8)ab | H = 54.97, df = 2, p < 0.001 |
| once | 79.4 (20.6)a | ||
| more than once | 77.9 (22.5)b | ||
| Uptake of COVID-19 vaccination | not vaccinated | 71.3 (20.8) | U=-3.621, p < 0.001 |
| vaccinated | 67.6 (20.2) |
p - p-value for U Mann-Whitney test in the case of the dichotomous grouping variable and the Kruskal-Wallis test for grouping variables with more than two categories; H– Kruskall-Wallis test statistics; U– U Mann-Whitney test statistics, df– degrees of freedom; a, b, c,– the same letter shows categories of variables significantly different in posthoc test after applying Bonferroni correction