Table 4.
Kinds of searched online health information.
| WHAT KIND OF HEALTH INFORMATION DO YOU SEARCH FOR ON THE WEB? | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very Often | Often | Sometimes | Rarely | Never | ||
| Specific diseases | Number of answers given by respondents | 18 | 63 | 64 | 51 | 13 |
| Percentage | 9% | 30% | 31% | 24% | 6% | |
| Therapies/treatments | Number of answers given by respondents | 12 | 43 | 63 | 66 | 25 |
| Percentage | 6% | 21% | 30% | 32% | 12% | |
| Side effects of therapies | Number of answers given by respondents | 14 | 37 | 46 | 73 | 39 |
| Percentage | 7% | 18% | 22% | 35% | 19% | |
| Side effects of drugs | Number of answers given by respondents | 12 | 37 | 57 | 62 | 41 |
| Percentage | 6% | 18% | 27% | 30% | 20% | |
| Alternative medicine | Number of answers given by respondents | 8 | 16 | 37 | 50 | 98 |
| Percentage | 4% | 8% | 18% | 24% | 47% | |
| Experimental treatments | Number of answers given by respondents | 5 | 15 | 33 | 70 | 86 |
| Percentage | 2% | 7% | 16% | 33% | 41% | |
| Purchase of drugs | Number of answers given by respondents | 6 | 29 | 34 | 58 | 82 |
| Percentage | 3% | 14% | 16% | 28% | 39% | |
| Doctors and/or specialists | Number of answers given by respondents | 12 | 36 | 57 | 70 | 34 |
| Percentage | 6% | 17% | 27% | 33% | 16% | |
| Hospitals, clinics, and analysis laboratories | Number of answers given by respondents | 11 | 50 | 67 | 55 | 26 |
| Percentage | 5% | 24% | 32% | 26% | 12% | |
| Booking of visits and/or clinical exams | Number of answers given by respondents | 24 | 78 | 56 | 34 | 17 |
| Percentage | 11% | 37% | 27% | 16% | 8% | |
| Vaccinations and cancer screening | Number of answers given by respondents | 13 | 42 | 59 | 63 | 32 |
| Percentage | 6% | 20% | 28% | 30% | ||
| Correct lifestyle | Number of answers given by respondents | 19 | 53 | 62 | 57 | |
| Percentage | 9% | 25% | 30% | 27% | ||
| Transplants | Number of answers given by respondents | 5 | 8 | 12 | 39 | |
| Percentage | 2% | 4% | 6% | 19% | ||
| Healthcare data and statistics | Number of answers given by respondents | 10 | 33 | 46 | 63 | |
| Percentage | 5% | 16% | 22% | 30% | ||