Table 3.

Barriers and Benefits of Web-based Patient Education Materials: Frequencies of Factors

Characteristics of Information Resources Including the Search Engine’s Operation	Characteristics of Information Available such as Content, Presentation, Accuracy, Publisher of Information
[67] (M= 52)	[107] (M=60)
Time requirements	Knowledge and positive experience
[34] ( M = 26.5)	[57] (M =32)
Lack of knowledge and experience	Accessibility and availability of electronic resources on the unit
[25] (M = 19.5)	[14] (M = 8)
Organizational procedures and polices
[2] (M = 1.5)

[n] = number of data units that describe the rational.

(M) = Mean.