Table 4.
Percentage of health information in the set of skimmed surrogates compared with the fixated surrogates.
| Reason | Category of health information | % In surrogates skimmed (95% CI) | % In surrogates fixated on (95% CI) | P value |
| For their own heath issue (N=18) |
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B1 SYM symptom | 29.3 (28.5-29.7) | 58.3 (58.1-58.6) | .01 |
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B3 HST history of disease | 18.4 (17.2-18.6) | 57.6 (57.2-58.0) | 0 |
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E2 DIS description of disease | 29.1 (28.3-29.9) | 55 (54.3-55.7) | .02 |
| For other’s health issue (N=18) |
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E3 TRM terms | 25.1 (24.1-26.1) | 47.5 (47.2-47.8) | .01 |
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E2 DIS description of disease | 17.6 (17.3-17.9) | 45.3 (45.0-45.6) | .01 |
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G1 TRT treatment | 12.5 (12.0-13.0) | 28.4 (28.2-28.6) | .02 |
| No particular issue (N=22) |
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H4 HOT hot topic | 16.5 (15.6-17.4) | 32.4 (32.0-32.8) | .01 |
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H3 SMO smoking | 17.3 (16.5-18.1) | 28.4 (28.0-28.8) | .01 |
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I1 RAR rare issue | 13.2 (12.6-13.8) | 23.5 (23.0-24.0) | .01 |