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