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. 2021 Dec 10;18(24):13055. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182413055

Table 1.

Frequency of accessing health information sources (by user profile).

When You Look For Information about Health, How Often to You Go to the Following Websites?
Frequency of Access Every Day Frequently Occasionally Almost Never Never
User Profile WebU MobU WebU MobU WebU MobU WebU MobU WebU MobU
My Autonomous Community’s public health service 0.92 0.00 11.58 18.94 43.20 39.39 19.49 18.18 23.48 24.82
Another institution such as the World Health Organization or the Ministry of Health 0.18 0.00 3.31 6.82 19.12 18.18 17.65 18.94 56.06 59.74
Businesses that provide healthcare services (insurance companies or workplace mutuals) 0.00 0.00 2.94 3.03 17.28 17.42 14.89 12.88 66.67 64.89
Patient associations 0.18 0.00 2.21 3.82 11.23 6.87 15.47 16.79 72.52 70.90
Health blogs or forums 0.37 0.76 4.97 8.40 23.57 23.66 19.71 19.08 48.09 51.38

Source: authors’ own data. Highest and lowest frequencies/scores are showed in different colors.