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. 2019 Feb 28;14(2):e0213067. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213067

Table 1. Online health information retrieval.

Have you ever searched the internet for the following health information? Rank Total Employees Students p#
n % n % n %
905 100 438 48.4 467 51.6
Specific diseases, symptoms, therapeutic options 1 881 97.3 421 96.1 460 98.5 0.003*
Meaning of a specific medical term 2 878 97.0 419 95.7 459 98.3 0.001**
Finding, comparing, assessing a healthcare service 3 768 84.9 360 82.2 408 87.4 0.030*
Effect of prescription or nonprescription medicines 4 735 81.2 332 75.8 403 86.3 0.001**
Side effect of prescription or nonprescription medicines 5 733 81.0 332 75.8 401 85.9 0.001**
Fitness instructions 6 606 67.0 250 57.1 356 76.2 0.001**
Vaccinations, screening programs 7 542 59.9 235 53.7 307 65.7 0.001**
Making a doctor’s appointment 8 478 52.8 273 62.3 205 43.9 0.001**
Calorie intake, nutrition diary 9 348 38.5 147 33.6 201 43.0 0.003*
Mnemonic training 10 283 31.3 107 24.4 176 37.7 0.001**
Smoking cessation, nicotine replacement therapy 11 115 12.7 48 11.0 67 14.3 0.232
Total 905 100 438 100.0 467 100

# p from chi2 tests (employees vs. students,

* p<0.05,

** p<0.001