Table 5.
Demographic characteristics of the subjects from the WebMD data.
| Characteristics | Values |
|---|---|
| Number of subjects, n | 440 |
| Age, years | |
| Less than 19 years old, n (%) | 74 (16.82) |
| 19 to 64 years old, n (%) | 318 (72.27) |
| More than 64 years old, n (%) elderly | 25 (5.68) |
| Unknown, n (%) | 23 (5.23) |
| Gender (n males, %) | |
| Male, n (%) | 110 (25.00) |
| Female, n (%) | 269 (61.14) |
| Unknown, n (%) | 61 (13.86) |
| Medicines | |
| Oseltamivir | 418 (95.00) |
| Zanamivir | 21 (4.77) |
| Peramivir | 1 (0.23) |
| Themea | 724 |
| Why to take the drug | 270 (35.52) |
| Effectiveness after taking | 118 (15.53) |
| Adverse events | 288 (37.89) |
| Price | 48 (6.32) |
aTotal number of themes counted in each review. This is greater than the total number of reviewers because some reviews had more than one theme tied for the concern.