Table 7.
Risks of searching for online health information.
| WHAT ARE THE RISKS OF SEARCHING FOR ONLINE HEALTH INFORMATION? | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very Much | Much | Enough | Few | Nothing | ||
| Misunderstanding of information | Number of answers given by respondents | 40 | 74 | 55 | 34 | 6 |
| Percentage | 19% | 35% | 26% | 16% | 3% | |
| Incorrect and/or late self-diagnosis | Number of answers given by respondents | 79 | 68 | 40 | 17 | 5 |
| Percentage | 38% | 33% | 19% | 8% | 2% | |
| State of anxiety toward the interpretation of a symptom | Number of answers given by respondents | 70 | 62 | 45 | 21 | 11 |
| Percentage | 33% | 30% | 22% | 10% | 5% | |
| Suggestions of treatments/medicines not suitable for the specific clinical pathology | Number of answers given by respondents | 50 | 80 | 48 | 25 | 6 |
| Percentage | 24% | 38% | 23% | 12% | 3% | |
| Possibility of finding fake information | Number of answers given by respondents | 39 | 51 | 69 | 45 | 5 |
| Percentage | 19% | 24% | 33% | 22% | 2% | |