Table 7.

Reliability level of information sources according to health care professionals.

Information source	Reliability level, n (%)a					Frequency of access to the information source, n (%)b
	1	2	3	4	5	1	2	3	4	5
Scientific publication	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (11)	7 (39)	4 (22)	4 (22)	2 (11)	0 (0)	1 (6)	1 (6)
Other health professionals	0 (0)	0 (0)	9 (50)	2 (11)	3 (17)	0 (0)	6 (33)	4 (22)	1 (6)	3 (17)
Friends and relatives	3 (17)	4 (22)	6 (33)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (6)	3 (17)	4 (22)	6 (33)
Known people who have had the disease	2 (11)	3 (17)	7 (39)	2 (11)	0 (0)	1 (6)	1 (6)	1 (6)	6 (33)	5 (28)
Friends and relatives of people who have had the disease	3 (17)	5 (28)	6 (33)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (6)	1 (6)	2 (11)	4 (22)	6 (33)
Social networks or media	5 (28)	6 (33)	2 (11)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (6)	6 (33)	2 (11)	2 (11)	3 (17)
Webpages and other Internet materials	1 (6)	7 (39)	5 (28)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (6)	3 (17)	3 (17)	4 (22)	2 (11)
Specialized virtual communities (focused on the disease)	2 (11)	1 (6)	8 (44)	3 (17)	0 (0)	4 (22)	3 (17)	4 (22)	2 (11)	1 (6)
Other	0 (0)	2 (11)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (6)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)

^a 1=unreliable, 2=not very reliable, 3=reliable, 4=very reliable, 5=extremely reliable.

^b 1=very little use, 2=little use, 3=regular use, 4=frequent use, 5=very frequent use.