Table 6.
Percentages of read posts that were judged as relevant for the most important types of health information.
| Type of health information | For their own health issue | For other’s health issue | With no particular issue | ANOVAa P value | Post hoc P 1,2 | Post hoc P 1,3 | Post hoc P 2,3 |
| B1 SYM symptom | 74.5% | 32.2% | 11.2% | .001 | 0 | .001 | 0 |
| B3 HST history | 72.3% | 21.4% | 5.6% | .001 | 0 | 0 | .001 |
| E2 DIS description | 69.1% | 31.6% | 7.1% | .02 | .01 | .01 | 0 |
| E1 RSN cause | 16.5% | 67.2% | 9.4% | .01 | .01 | 0 | 0 |
| E3 TRM terms | 6.5% | 21.3% | 4.5% | .023 | .01 | .44 | .02 |
| G2 PRO procedure | 14.4% | 53.2% | 2.5% | .001 | 0 | 0 | .001 |
| H2 AWP pollution | 4.5% | 15.3% | 55.9% | .02 | .02 | 0 | 0 |
| H3 SMO smoking | 6.4% | 4.5% | 45.2% | .21 | .67 | 0 | 0 |
| I1 RAR rare issue | 2.1% | 7.5% | 42.1% | .001 | .001 | 0 | 0 |
aANOVA: analysis of variance.