Table 1.
Participants’ self-reported sociodemographics and (health-related) Internet use
| Study 1 (n = 189) n (%) | Study 2 (n = 88) n (%) | ||
| Gender | |||
| Male | 119 (63) | 45 (51) | |
| Female | 70 (37) | 43 (49) | |
| Mean (SD) age (years) | 52 (11) | 43 (18) | |
| Education level | |||
| Low | 38 (20) | 25 (28) | |
| Middle | 102 (54) | 32 (36) | |
| High | 46 (24) | 31 (35) | |
| Unknown | 3 (2) | ||
| Amount of Internet usage | |||
| (almost) Every day | 117 (62) | –a | |
| Several days a week | 34 (18) | ||
| About 1 day a week | 15 (8) | ||
| Less than 1 day a week | 9 (5) | ||
| (almost) Never | 12 (6) | ||
| Unknown | 2 (1) | ||
| Mean (SD) Amount of Internet use (hours per week) | –a | 12.2 (13.7) | |
| Mean (SD) Internet experience (years) | –a | 9.3 (4.3) | |
| Number of respondents who have ever searched for information on: | |||
| Diseases | 159 (84) | –a | |
| Healthy lifestyle | 121 (64) | ||
| Medication | 95 (50) | ||
| Treatments | 122 (65) | ||
| Care providers | 69 (37) | ||
| Patient organizations | 67 (35) | ||
| Law regulations related to health conditions | 61 (34) | ||
| Peer-support forums | 45 (24) | ||
a Item was not measured in this study.