Table 14.
Website and media used for searching online COVID-19 information.
| WEBSITES AND MEDIA USED FOR SEARCHING ONLINE HEALTH INFORMATION | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very Often | Often | Sometimes | Rarely | Never | ||
| Website of the Ministry of Health | Number of answers given by respondents | 67 | 64 | 48 | 22 | 7 |
| Percentage | 32% | 31% | 23% | 11% | 3% | |
| Website of the region | Number of answers given by respondents | 44 | 55 | 58 | 27 | 26 |
| Percentage | 20% | 26% | 28% | 13% | 13% | |
| Website of the local health authority | Number of answers given by respondents | 19 | 37 | 36 | 56 | 60 |
| Percentage | 9% | 18% | 17% | 27% | 29% | |
| Websites of other entities of the National Health System | Number of answers given by respondents | 32 | 46 | 57 | 46 | 27 |
| Percentage | 15% | 22% | 27% | 22% | 13% | |
| Websites of associations of patients with specific pathologies | Number of answers given by respondents | 6 | 11 | 24 | 46 | 121 |
| Percentage | 3% | 5% | 12% | 22% | 58% | |
| Websites of pharmaceutical companies | Number of answers given by respondents | 3 | 5 | 16 | 52 | 132 |
| Percentage | 1% | 2% | 8% | 25% | 63% | |
| Wikipedia | Number of answers given by respondents | 4 | 11 | 29 | 42 | 122 |
| Percentage | 2% | 5% | 14% | 20% | 59% | |
| Online forums on specific diseases | Number of answers given by respondents | 6 | 14 | 34 | 46 | 108 |
| Percentage | 3% | 7% | 16% | 22% | 52% | |
| Online medical journals | Number of answers given by respondents | 20 | 25 | 53 | 41 | 69 |
| Percentage | 10% | 12% | 25% | 20% | 33% | |