Table 2.

Health information source use between users and nonusers of online health information by age

Health Information Sources	Users of Online Health Information (n = 105)	Nonuser of Online Health Information (n = 119)	Total Users (N = 225)	p*
Online Health Information	100		46.9
50–64 (yrs)	44.8		58.7
65–74 (yrs)	37.1		54.9
75+ (yrs)	18.1		27.5
Healthcare Professionals	91.4	62.2	75.6	<.0001
50–64 (yrs)	91.5	54.6	76.2
65–74 (yrs)	92.3	65.6	80.3
75+ (yrs)	89.5	66.0	71.4
Friends or Family Members	49.5	21.0	34.2	<.0001
50–64 (yrs)	51.1	18.2	37.5
65–74 (yrs	46.2	18.8	33.8
75+ (yrs)	53.6	24.0	31.4
Magazines, brochures, or books	53.3	18.5	34.7	<.0001
50–64 (yrs)	46.8	15.2	33.7
65–74 (yrs)	53.9	18.8	38.0
75+ (yrs)	68.4	22.0	34.3
Newspaper articles	38.1	21.9	29.3	.0078
50–64 (yrs)	31.9	6.1	21.2
65–74 (yrs)	41.0	18.8	30.9
75+ (yrs)	47.4	43.0	37.1
Television or radio	39.1	26.3	32.1	.0417
50–64 (yrs)	40.4	15.2	30.0
65–74 (yrs)	46.2	34.4	40.8
75+ (yrs)	21.1	28.6	26.1
Other	7.6	10.1	9.3	.5185
50–64 (yrs)	8.5	9.1	8.8
65–74 (yrs)	10.3	15.6	12.7
75+ (yrs)	0.0	8.0	7.1

Note. %, percent;

^*pearson chi-square