Table 3.

Univariate association between social networking activity and compliance with Pap smear screening.

During last 12 months	Values	Compliance with Pap smear	Percent	95% CI
Used internet to visit a social networking site *	Yes	Yes	85.27	82.81	87.73
		No	14.73	12.27	17.19
	No	Yes	80.39	76.72	84.06
		No	19.61	15.94	23.28
Used internet to share health information on social networking site	Yes	Yes	87.57	83.53	91.61
		No	12.43	8.39	16.47
	No	Yes	83.26	81.00	85.52
		No	16.74	14.48	19.00
Used internet to participate in a forum support group for medical issue ***	Yes	Yes	94.36	91.14	97.59
		No	5.64	2.41	8.86
	No	Yes	83.17	81.19	85.16
		No	16.83	14.84	18.81
Used internet to watch a health-related video on YouTube **	Yes	Yes	88.14	85.27	91.01
		No	11.86	8.99	14.73
	No	Yes	81.88	79.64	84.11
		No	18.12	15.89	20.36

Table 3 presents the association between social network activity and compliance with Pap smears. Women who used the Internet during last 12 months to visit a social networking site, to participate in a forum support group for medical issue, and to watch a health-related video on YouTube complied with Pap smear screenings more than women who did not use the Internet

^*(p <.05

^**p <.0001, and

^***p <.001, respectively).