Table 1.

Results from demographic details and assessment of parental use of the internet to search for information on scoliosis

Demographic/question	Responses (N)	Answers	Sample p-value (95 % CI)
Gender	167	32 = male	0.19 (0.14, 0.26)
		135 = female	0.81 (0.74, 0.87)
Age	155	18 parents <20	0.12 (0.07, 0.18)
		11 parents 20–35	0.07 (0.04, 0.12)
		116 parents 35–50	0.75 (0.67, 0.82)
		10 parents 50–65	0.07 (0.03, 0.12)
Age of child	164	11.9 (SD 4), range 1.1–19 years old
Highest level of parent education	161	14 parents = primary	0.09 (0.05, 0.14)
		87 Parents = secondary	0.54 (0.46, 0.62)
		6 Parents = trade	0.04 (0.01, 0.08)
		54 Parents = third level	0.34 (0.26, 0.41)
Visit type	164	18 First visit	0.11 (0.07, 0.17)
		118 Results/investigation	0.72 (0.64, 0.79)
		28 Return visit	0.17 (0.12, 0.24)
Waiting time to first consultation (months)	29	6.24, range 1–24 months
Has you child had corrective surgery?	164	34 = yes	0.21 (0.15, 0.28)
		130 = no	0.79 (0.72, 0.85)
Were there any post-operative complications?	41	36 = no	0.88 (0.74, 0.96)
		5 = yes	0.12 (0.04, 0.26)
Do you have private health insurance?	154	90 = no	0.58 (0.50, 0.66)
		64 = yes	0.41 (0.34, 0.50)
Do you have internet access at home?	159	152 = yes	0.96 (0.91, 0.98)
		7 = no	0.04 (0.02, 0.09)
Is your internet access only at work?	99	93 = no	0.94 (0.87, 0.98)
		6 = yes	0.06 (0.02, 0.13)
Have you searched the internet for information on scoliosis?	165	97 = yes	0.58 (0.50, 0.66)
		69 = no	0.42 (0.34, 0.5)
Had you searched prior to your first consultation?	163	98 = no	0.6 (0.52, 0.68)
		65 = yes	0.4 (0.32, 0.48)
Did you search only after the first clinic visit?	146	114 = no	0.78 (0.71, 0.85)
		32 = yes	0.22 (0.16, 0.30)

Test and confidence interval (CI) for one proportion is based on the number of answers (i.e. excludes the number of blank responses)

All sample p values and CI rounded to the nearest two decimal places