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. 2018 Feb 12;20(2):e47. doi: 10.2196/jmir.9370

Table 1.

The correlations among the dimensions of the Problem Solving in Medicine and Online Health Information Utilization questionnaires (Pearson correlation coefficient and P value).

Problem Solving in Medicine questionnaire Online Health Information Utilization questionnaire
NHISa OHISb NFMHc OFMHd NIMHe OIMHf
Changing decisions .20 (P<.001) .40 (P<.001) .18 (P<.001) .23 (P<.001) .23 (P<.001) .25 (P<.001)
Consulting others .18 (P<.001) .41 (P<.001) .33 (P<.001) .25 (P<.001) .14 (P=.004) .24 (P<.001)
Promoting self-efficacy .25 (P<.001) .41 (P<.001) .24 (P<.001) .28 (P<.001) .12 (P=.008) .25 (P<.001)

aNHIS: nononline health information search.

bOHIS: online health information search.

cNFMH: nononline formal medical help-seeking.

dOFMH: online formal medical help-seeking.

eNIMH: nononline informal medical help-seeking.

fOIMH: online informal medical help-seeking.