Table 2.
Binary logistic regression analysis of 749 participants searching for health information on the Internet
| Outcome | Predictor | β | SE β | χ2 (Wald's) | df | p value | eβ (odds ratio) | 95% CI for eβ |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lower | upper | ||||||||
| CIUS (low vs. high) | Age Education (below university level) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.16 | 1 | 0.69 | 1.00 | 0.99 | 1.02 |
| 0.16 | 0.20 | 0.62 | 1 | 0.43 | 1.17 | 0.79 | 1.74 | ||
| Sex (male) | 0.53 | 0.21 | 6.43 | 1 | <0.05 | 1.69 | 1.13 | 2.54 | |
| CSS | 0.06 | 0.00 | 91.45 | 1 | <0.001 | 1.06 | 1.05 | 1.07 | |
| IUS-SF | −0.01 | 0.01 | 0.67 | 1 | 0.41 | 0.99 | 0.97 | 1.02 | |
| OCI-R | 0.01 | 0.01 | 1.91 | 1 | 0.17 | 1.01 | 0.99 | 1.03 | |
| PHQ-15 | −0.03 | 0.03 | 1.19 | 1 | 0.28 | 0.97 | 0.92 | 1.02 | |
| PROMIS | 0.03 | 0.02 | 2.19 | 1 | 0.14 | 1.03 | 0.99 | 1.08 | |
| Constant | −5.86 | 0.65 | 81.94 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | − | − | |
Regarding education and sex, the group of reference was participants with “any university level” and female, respectively. CIUS, Compulsive Health-Related Internet Use Scale; CSS, Cyberchondria Severity Scale; IUS-SF, Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale, 12-item version; OCI-R, Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory Revised; PHQ-15, Patient Health Questionnaire-15 Somatic Symptom Severity Scale; PROMIS, Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Emotional Distress − Short Form Questionnaire; CIUS, Compulsive Internet Use Scale.