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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Med Inform. 2014 Oct 22;84(2):119–133. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2014.10.003

Table 2.

Top 15 Diagnosis, Medicine, and Caregiver Status by Two Clusters

Diagnosis Confirmed Inactive Seekers
(N=5954, 58.14%)
Active Seekers
(N=4287, 41.86%)
Total Respondents
(N=10,241, 100%)
    High blood pressure 1627 (27.3%) 1393 (32.5%) 3020 (29.5%)
    High cholesterol 1485 (24.9%) 1204 (28.1%) 2689 (26.3%)
    Acid reflux disease 817 (13.7%) 863 (20.1%) 1680 (16.4%)
    Seasonal allergies 831 (14%) 794 (18.5%) 1625 (15.9%)
    Depression 742 (12.5%) 765 (17.8%) 1507 (14.7%)
    Chronic pain 595 (10%) 679 (15.8%) 1274 (12.4%)
    Diabetes 570 (9.6%) 580 (13.5%) 1150 (11.2%)
    Asthma, chronic bronchitis or COPD 547 (9.2%) 544 (12.7%) 1091 (10.7%)
    Something else 541 (9.1%) 531 (12.4%) 1072 (10.5%)
    Osteoarthritis 493 (8.3%) 566 (13.2%) 1059 (10.3%)
    Sleep disorders 409 (6.9%) 501 (11.7%) 910 (8.9%)
    Anxiety disorder 392 (6.6%) 481 (11.2%) 873 (8.5%)
    Migraine 373 (6.3%) 431 (10.2%) 804 (7.9%)
    Cancer (except skin cancer) 343 (5.8%) 279 (6.5%) 622 (6.1%)
    Heart disease 276 (4.6%) 290 (6.8%) 566 (5.5%)
Medicine Taken Inactive Seekers
N=6155 (61.74%)
Active Seekers
(N=3815, 38.26%)
Total Respondents
(N=9970, 100%)
    Allergies 1509 (24.52%) 1211 (31.74%) 2720 (27.28%)
    High blood pressure/Hypertension 1361 (22.11%) 1121 (29.38%) 2482 (24.89%)
    Heartburn or indigestion 1067 (17.34%) 963 (25.24%) 2030 (20.36%)
    Arthritis 994 (16.15%) 941 (24.67%) 1935 (19.41%)
    Acid reflux 1000 (16.25%) 899 (23.56%) 1899 (19.05%)
    Sinus infections 1045 (16.98%) 835 (21.89%) 1880 (18.86%)
    High cholesterol 1044 (16.96%) 809 (21.21%) 1853 (18.59%)
    Chronic back pain or back problems 901 (14.64%) 829 (21.73%) 1730 (17.35%)
    Vision / Problem seeing 661 (10.74%) 560 (14.68%) 1221 (12.25%)
    Migraine headaches 642 (10.43%) 541 (14.18%) 1183 (11.87%)
    Depression 583 (9.47%) 584 (15.31%) 1167 (11.71%)
    Diabetes 439 (7.13%) 392 (10.28%) 831 (8.34%)
    Hemorrhoids 444 (7.21%) 358 (9.38%) 802 (8.04%)
    Anxiety disorders 379 (6.16%) 408 (10.69%) 787 (7.89%)
    Cold sores / Fever blisters 440 (7.15%) 328 (8.6%) 768 (7.7%)
Caregiver Status Inactive Seekers
(N=4095, 69.8%)
Active Seekers
(N=2972, 42.29%)
Total Respondents
(N=7027, 100%)
    High blood pressure 1168 (28.5%) 962 (32.4%) 2130 (30.3%)
    High cholesterol 903 (22.1%) 765 (25.7%) 1668 (23.7%)
    Diabetes 585 (14.3%) 522 (17.6%) 1107 (15.8%)
    Seasonal allergies 504 (12.3%) 438 (14.7%) 942 (13.4%)
    Acid reflux disease 469 (11.5%) 447 (15%) 916 (13%)
    Depression 443 (10.8%) 373 (12.6%) 816 (11.6%)
    Asthma, chronic bronchitis or COPD 347 (8.5%) 368 (12.4%) 715 (10.2%)
    Cancer (all types except skin cancer) 398 (9.7%) 315 (10.6%) 713 (10.1%)
    Chronic pain 322 (7.9%) 339 (11.4%) 661 (9.4%)
    Heart disease 327 (8%) 293 (9.9%) 620 (8.8%)
    Osteoarthritis, joint pain or inflammation 265 (6.5%) 292 (9.8%) 557 (7.9%)
    Sleep disorders/ sleep apnea or insomnia 273 (6.7%) 267 (9%) 540 (7.7%)
    Heart attack 247 (6%) 217 (7.3%) 464 (6.6%)
    Skin cancer 185 (4.5%) 155 (5.3%) 340 (4.8%)
    Stroke 153 (3.7%) 126 (4.3%) 279 (4%)