Table 3.
Results of the zero-truncated negative binomial regression models on the frequency of online health information-seeking behavior (OHISB).
| Determinants | Total (n=510)a | Male (n=241) | Female (n=269) | ||||||||||
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| Age | 0.99 (0.982-0.998) | .01 | 1.00 (0.99-1.01) | .58 | 0.99 (0.975-0.996) | .009 | |||||||
| Gender (Ref: male) | 0.99 (0.82-1.22) | .99 | -c | - | - | - | |||||||
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Medium | 1.06 (0.79-1.41) | .71 | 1.01 (0.66-1.55) | .97 | 0.93 (0.63-1.36) | .70 | ||||||
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High | 1.25 (0.91-1.73) | .17 | 1.14 (0.72-1.79) | .57 | 1.14 (0.72-1.81) | .56 | ||||||
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Several times per week | 1.60 (1.12-2.27) | .009 | 1.72 (0.94-3.16) | .08 | 1.54 (1.01-2.35) | .04 | ||||||
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Daily | 1.67 (1.19-2.33) | .003 | 2.49 (1.43-4.35) | .001 | 1.28 (0.84-1.96) | .25 | ||||||
| Patient status: chronically or severely ill (Ref: mildly or not affected) | 1.57 (1.26-1.95) | <.001 | 1.67 (1.22-2.29) | .001 | 1.43 (1.07-1.91) | .02 | |||||||
| Perceived relevance of understanding somatic processesd | 0.90 (0.80-1.01) | .06 | 0.81 (0.68-0.96) | .02 | 0.96 (0.82-1.13) | .65 | |||||||
| Strongly interested in information concerning health topics (Ref: weekly or not interested) | 1.45 (1.19-1.77) | <.001 | 1.46 (1.09-1.97) | .01 | 1.42 (1.10-1.83) | .01 | |||||||
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Esteem support | 1.91 (1.28-2.83) | .001 | 1.49 (0.82-2.72) | .19 | 2.22 (1.30-3.79) | .004 | ||||||
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Emotional support | 0.90 (0.57-1.43) | .65 | 1.13 (0.53-2.40) | .75 | 0.83 (0.46-1.49) | .52 | ||||||
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Informational support | 3.12 (1.97-4.96) | <.001 | 2.56 (1.34-4.90) | .004 | 4.03 (2.17-7.49) | <.001 | ||||||
| Health-consciousnessf | 1.10 (0.97-1.26) | .14 | 1.70 (0.89-1.29) | .49 | 1.08 (0.91-1.30) | .38 | |||||||
| Satisfaction with general practitionerg | 0.86 (0.77-0.96) | .007 | 1.09 (0.93-1.28) | .29 | 0.75 (0.65-0.88) | <.001 | |||||||
| Constant | 0.47 | .04 | 0.32 | .36 | 0.65 | .01 | |||||||
aThe difference between the total number of cases included in the descriptive section and in the models depicted in this table is due to the listwise exclusion of missing cases.
bIRR: incidence rate ratio.
cThe - indicates the absence of the variable “gender” in both gender-specific models
dFrom 1 (“strongly disagree”) to 5 (“strongly agree”).
eOHISB: online health information-seeking behavior.
fFrom 1 (“Generally, I don’t take care of my health”) to 5 (“Generally, I take good care of my health”).
gFrom 1 (“very unsatisfied”) to 5 (“very satisfied”).