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. 2021 Apr 15;150:104465. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2021.104465

Table 4.

Participants’ response frequencies of the seven-level Likert scale question about additional information sources preference (N = 776) (IQR: Intequartile range).

LIKERT SCALE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Median IQR
Never Rarely (1 time per 2 months) Usually not (1 time a month) Sometimes (1 time per 15 days) Often (3−4 times a week) Very often (1−2 times a day) Many times a day
Personal doctor 298 153 106 136 49 19 15 2 3
Health workers 207 146 105 154 99 42 23 3 3
Pharmacist 242 135 113 158 81 33 14 3 3
Family 95 78 88 127 200 112 76 4.5 2
Friends 103 93 90 150 208 88 44 4 3
Information scientists 225 86 64 117 138 96 50 4 4
From State experts (e.g. National Public Health Organization) that I can contact 304 102 80 95 63 80 52 2 4