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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 6.

Predictor Variables of Characterizing Inactive Information Seekers

Total Number of Inactive
(N=8312)
Active
(N=5908)
Total
(N=14220)
Average (Standard Deviation)
    Diagnoses 1.35 (2.003) 1.89 (2.522) 1.57 (2.248)
    Medicine 1.82 (2.452) 2.31 (3.161) 2.02 (2.779)
    Caregiver of Adult 0.05 (0.282) 0.11 (0.449) 0.08 (0.362)
    Caregiver of Child 0.06 (0.296) 0.11 (0.435) 0.08 (0.361)
    Media Exposure by Topics 5.05 (1.904) 6.19 (1.231) 5.53 (1.751)
    Media Exposure by TV Shows 0.84 (1.199) 1.27 (1.607) 1.02 (1.399)
    Media Exposure by Types 3.81 (1.559) 5.03 (1.233) 4.31 (1.555)
    Media Exposure by Ads 1.57 (1.245) 1.54 (1.204) 1.56 (1.228)
    Computer Activities 3.64 (3.97) 3.65 (4.167) 3.64 (4.053)
    Internet Activities 0.16 (0.532) 0.36 (0.875) 0.24 (0.702)
    Internet Resources 0.52 (1.022) 0.8 (1.378) 0.64 (1.191)
    Service about Finance and Cost 0.83 (1.651) 1.19 (1.953) 0.98 (1.792)
    Service about Medical Matters 1.1 (1.124) 1.22 (1.19) 1.15 (1.154)
    Service about Prescription Refill 0.72 (0.719) 0.82 (0.753) 0.76 (0.735)
    Service about Discount Drugs 0.47 (0.847) 0.7 (1.072) 0.57 (0.954)
    Service of Alternative Treatments 0.67 (0.96) 0.79 (1.092) 0.72 (1.019)