Table 2.
Relationship between Internet use for information on medicines and disease and previous use of medicines or dietary supplements.
| Use in the last 6 months | Looked for information on Internet | |||||||
|
|
Disease | Odds Ratio (95% CI) |
P |
Medicines/
dietary supplements |
Odds Ratio (95% CI) |
P | ||
|
|
Yes, n (%) |
No, n (%) |
|
|
Yes, n (%) |
No, n (%) |
|
|
| Medicines |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes (n=788) | 477 (60.5) | 304 (38.6) | 1.40 (1.02-1.92) | .041 | 218 (27.7) | 560 (71.1) | 1.70 (1.14-2.54) | .009 |
| No (n=195) | 102 (52.3) | 91 (46.7) |
|
|
35 (17.9) | 153 (78.5) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Dietary supplements |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes (n=788) | 249 (65.5) | 130 (34.2) | 1.57 (1.20-2.05) | <.001 | 133 (35.0) | 243 (63.9) | 2.17 (1.62-2.90) | <.001 |
| No (n=195) | 330 (54.3) | 271 (44.6) |
|
|
120 (19.7) | 476 (78.3) |
|
|