Table 2.
Perceived barriers to navigating Web-based health information (N=387).
| Perceived barriers | No navigational needs, n (%a,b) |
Navigational needs, n (%a,c) |
Total, n (%a) |
| There is a large number of websites available on the Internet (χ21 [N=387]=4.4; P=.04; φ=.11) | 80 (44.0) | 112 (54.6) | 192 (49.6) |
| Information obtained from different websites sometimes does not match up (χ21[N=387]=16.1; P<.001; φ=.20) | 65 (35.7) | 115 (56.1) | 180 (46.5) |
| The information I come across contains a lot of medical terms or jargon. | 55 (30.2) | 77 (37.6) | 132 (34.1) |
| I do not know what I am looking for. | 24 (13.2) | 37 (18.0) | 61 (15.8) |
| There appears to be a lack of information specific to my needs. | 18 (9.9) | 25 (12.2) | 43 (11.1) |
| Other | 27 (14.8) | 11 (5.4) | 38 (9.8) |
aRespondents could select multiple options (percentages do not total 100%).
bPercentages are based on the 182 participants with no navigational needs.
cPercentages are based on the 205 participants with navigational needs.