Table 3.
Reason | % (N/total) |
No access in the consultation room | 54 (58/107) |
Time pressure | 37 (40/107) |
Possible interference with physician-patient relationship | 30 (32/107) |
Too time-consuming | 10 (11/107) |
Slow internet browsing | 6 (6/107) |
No experience in using the internet | 3 (3/107) |
Information content obtained from the internet is confusing | 0.9 (1/107) |
Concerns regarding security of data transmission | 0.9 (1/107) |
Others | 2 (2 out of 107) |
Reasons for not using the internet to obtain clinical information during consultation among a cohort of dermatologists (n = 107) in Saudi Arabia*.