Table 2.
Cultural differences of the trust level in each source of online health information.
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| SNS | 2.30 (1.43) | 3.16 (1.18) | 3.79 (1.04) | 101.21 (2, 621) | 001 | 11.36 (467) | .001 | 5.76 (316) | .001 |
| Blog | 2.86 (1.39) | 4.04 (1.04) | 3.90 (1.04) | 74.91 (2, 652) | .001 | 11.21 (452) | .001 | 1.29 (352) | .20 |
| Online support groups | 3.34 (1.49) | 3.34 (1.18) | 5.32 (1.06) | 210.48 (2, 627) | .001 | 9.30 (456) | .001 | 17.78 (323) | .001 |
| Online professional heath sitesb | 5.54 (1.25) | 5.39 (1.10) | 5.61 (1.13) | 1.82 (2, 654) | .16 | .42 (511) | .68 | 1.98 (355) | .05 |
a For 1-way ANOVA test, we used Brown-Forsythe because equal variances could not be assumed. Thus, F value in ANOVA indicates asymptotically F distributed.
b Expertise-based source.