Table 3.

Participant usage of the Internet for information on medicines (N = 46 participants)

Characteristic	Usage	Frequency, Number of Participants	Relative Frequency, (% of Participants)
Media sources of information on medicines (more than one category could be selected)	Internet Magazines Television Books Radio	46 31 23 22 9	100.0 67.4 50.0 47.8 19.6
Person that Internet medicine information was used for (more than one category could be selected)	Self Spouse/partner Child Parent Another relative Friend	38 24 19 17 13 6	82.6 52.2 41.3 37.0 28.3 13.0
Health categories for which information on medicines had been sought for (more than one category could be selected)	Allergies Arthritis/joint pain Asthma Cancer Skin disorders Hormones Other miscellaneous Child health Diabetes High cholesterol Immunization Pain and injury High blood pressure Mental health Digestion/stomach disorders Infections Migraine Osteoporosis Alzheimer's disease Dementia	20 14 14 13 12 11 11 10 10 9 9 9 8 8 6 6 6 6 5 5	43.5 30.4 30.4 28.3 26.1 23.9 23.9 21.7 21.7 19.6 19.6 19.6 17.4 17.4 13.0 13.0 13.0 13.0 10.9 10.9