Table 5. Weighted a n (%) and adjusted b prevalence ratios (aPRs) for web-based health information seeking experiences c by different sources.
| It took a lot of effort to get the information you needed | You felt frustrated during your search for the information | The information you found was too hard to understand | You were concerned about the quality of the information | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disagree, n (%) | Agree, n (%) | aPR (95% CI) | Disagree, n (%) | Agree, n (%) | aPR (95% CI) | Disagree, n (%) | Agree, n (%) | aPR (95% CI) | Disagree, n (%) | Agree, n (%) | aPR (95% CI) | |
| Internet websites | 646 (56.3) | 502 (43.7) | 1 | 864 (75.4) | 282 (24.6) | 1 | 695 (60.5) | 453 (39.5) | 1 | 291 (25.4) | 853 (74.6) | 1 |
| Social networking sites | 56 (66.8) | 28 (33.2) | 0.95 (0.71, 1.27) | 55 (62.9) | 32 (37.1) | 1.51 (1.11, 2.05)** | 45 (52.0) | 42 (48.0) | 1.24 (0.96, 1.60) | 22 (25.5) | 65 (74.5) | 1.01 (0.88, 1.16) |
| Instant messaging | 41 (40.0) | 62 (60.0) | 1.19 (0.98, 1.44) | 50 (48.4) | 53 (51.6) | 1.39 (1.08, 1.79)* | 38 (34.9) | 70 (65.1) | 1.36 (1.12, 1.65)** | 19 (18.0) | 88 (82.1) | 1.20 (1.08, 1.32)*** |
| Pseudo R-square | - | - | 0.01 | - | - | 0.03 | - | - | 0.01 | - | - | 0.004 |
CI, Confidence Interval
*P<0.05
**P<0.01
***P<0.001.
a Weighted by sex, age, educational attainment according to Hong Kong Census.
b Adjusted for sociodemographic and health-related characteristics, survey phase, and survey frame.
c Agreement with web-based health information seeking experiences was treated as a dummy variable (Agree: 1 = “very much agree/somewhat agree” vs Disagree: 0 = “somewhat disagree/very much disagree”). Respondents reporting seldom/never used the three sources or used multiple sources were excluded.