Table 2.
Participant characteristics (N=37).
|
|
Mean (SD) | n (%) |
| Age (years) | 43.6 (15.9) |
|
| Disease duration (years) | 14.1 (10.8) |
|
| Gender (% female) |
|
37 (100) |
| Marital status (% married) |
|
21 (57) |
| Education (% post-secondary) |
|
32 (86) |
| Comfort with computers (% comfortable to very comfortable) |
|
27 (73) |
| Internet usage per week (hours) | 15.8 (24.6) |
|
| Health information searches per week (hours) | 2.8 (0.9) |
|
| Preference for web searching |
|
|
| Personal Computer |
|
24 (65) |
| Tablet |
|
7 (19) |
| Mobile Phone |
|
6 (16) |