Table 2.
Total amount of answers, categorized per theme.
| Goal of the answer | Public (N=130), n (%) |
Addison (N=130), n (%) | Cushing (N=143), n (%) |
Total (N=403), n (%) |
| Emphatically urge | 3 (2.3) | 2 (1.5) | 1 (0.6) | 6 (1.5) |
| Medical information | 16 (12.3) | 12 (9.70) | 13 (9.1) | 41 (10.2) |
| Practical information | 3 (2.3) | 4 (3.1) | 2 (1.4) | 9 (2.2) |
| Counter-question | 18 (13.8)a | 24 (18.5)a | 15 (10.5) | 57 (14.1)a |
| Own experiences | 28 (21.5)a | 31 (23.9)a | 38 (26.6)a | 97 (24.1)a |
| Motivational | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.6) | 1 (0.0) |
| Set at ease | 1 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.0) |
| Support | 11 (8.5) | 13 (10) | 20 (14)a | 44 (11.0) |
| Hint | 20 (15.4)a | 33 (25.4)a | 28 (19.6)a | 81 (20.1)a |
| Advice to consult the doctor | 16 (12.3) | 2 (1.5) | 7 (4.9) | 25 (6.2) |
| Miscellaneous | 4 (3.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (0.9) |
| Answered by poster | 2 (1.5) | 3 (2.3) | 3 (2.1) | 8 (2.0) |
| Question unanswered | 8 (6.2) | 6 (4.6) | 15 (10.5) | 29 (7.2) |
aThe three most frequent answer themes per subforum.