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. 2021 Dec 16;18(24):13250. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182413250

Table 3.

Status of health information retrieval behavior among undergraduate students: Information browsing and information sources.

Check Questions about Online Health Information Retrieval Behavior Code Type
Information browsing 1. Number of pages viewed Min. 1, Max. 14, Mean 2.99 (SD = 2.33)
2. Overall query time Min. 1.42 s, Max. 17.43 s, Mean 5.54 s (SD = 3.04)
3. Average time on page Min. 0.65 s, Max. 6.23 min, Mean 2.39 min (SD = 1.31)
Information source 1. Whether the data source is new or old (year) can be marked in the Word file Directly expressed in AD year 82 (81%) No time for data 19 (19%)
2. Whether there is a source of information: Website of the organization Yes 45 (45%) No 56 (55%)
3. Whether there is a source of information: Magazines or periodicals Yes 40 (40%) No 61 (60%)
4. Whether there is a source of information: News reports Yes 8 (8%) No 93 (92%)
5. Whether there is a source of information: Forums or chat rooms Yes 13 (13%) No 88 (87%)
6. Whether there is a source of information: Related research papers Yes 0 (0%) No 101 (100%)
7. Whether there is a source of information: Personal web pages Yes 22 (22%) No 79 (78%)
8. Professionalism of the information source: The author is a professional, for example, an expert in a related field or a physician Yes 22 (22%) No 79 (79%)
9. Professionalism of the information source: The author is a professional, and their affiliation is mentioned Yes 42 (42%) No 59 (58%)
10. Professionalism of the information source: The author of the data is anonymous or a non-professional Yes 85 (84%) No 16 (16%)