Table 2. Characteristics of Internet usage.
| Mode, n (%) | Smartphone | 34 (77) |
| Computer | 12 (27) | |
| Tablet | 4 (9) | |
| Web sites visited, n (%) | 37 (82) | |
| WebMD | 18 (40) | |
| Mayo Clinic | 9 (20) | |
| BPEI | 4 (9) | |
| Wikipedia | 4 (9) | |
| EyeWiki/AAO | 3 (7) | |
| MedicineNet | 2 (4) | |
| NEI | 2 (4) | |
| YouTube | 2 (4) | |
| All About Vision | 1 (2) | |
| AOA | 1 (2) | |
| ASRS | 1 (2) | |
| Columbia University | 1 (2) | |
| EyeMed | 1 (2) | |
| Harvard Health | 1 (2) | |
| Healthline | 1 (2) | |
| Medical News Today | 1 (2) | |
| Medscape | 1 (2) | |
| NYU Langone Health | 1 (2) | |
| Most helpful Web sites a , n (%) | 11 (46) | |
| WebMD | 8 (33) | |
| AOA | 1 (4) | |
| BPEI | 1 (4) | |
| Healthline | 1 (4) | |
| Mayo Clinic | 1 (4) | |
| MedicineNet | 1 (4) | |
| YouTube | 1 (4) | |
| No. of Web sites, median (range) | 2 (1–13) | |
| In native language, n (%) | 39 (87) | |
Abbreviations: AAO, American Academy of Ophthalmology; AOA, American Optometric Association; ASRS, American Society of Retina Specialists; BPEI, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute; NEI, National Eye Institute; NYU, New York University; SD, standard deviation.
a
Most helpful as designated by patient filling survey.