Table 1.
Respondents’ characteristics presented by internet and no internet use for seeking medicines information.
| Respondents’ characteristics | Total (N=303) | Internet use (n=125) | No internet use (n=178) | P value | ||||||
| Gender, n (%) | .83 | |||||||||
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Female | 196 (64.6) | 85 (68) | 116 (65.2) |
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Male | 107 (35.3) | 40 (32) | 62 (35) |
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| Age (years), mean (SD) | 51.5 (21.2) | 40.9 (18.9) | 58.9 (19.7) | .45 | ||||||
| Age groups (years), n (%) | N/Aa | |||||||||
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16-30 | 94 (31) | 64 (39) | 30 (55) |
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31-40 | 17 (6) | 6 (7) | 11 (10) |
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41-50 | 30 (24) | 18 (12) | 12 (18) |
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51-60 | 37 (12) | 11 (15) | 26 (22) |
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61-70 | 49 (16) | 14 (20) | 35 (29) |
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>70 | 76 (25) | 12 (32) | 64 (44) |
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| Education , n (%) | .03 | |||||||||
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High school or less | 113 (37.3) | 35 (28) | 78 (44) |
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College or university | 190 (62.7) | 90 (72) | 100 (56.2) |
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| Residency, n (%) | .06 | |||||||||
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Urban | 257 (84.8) | 105 (84.0) | 152 (85.4) |
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Rural | 46 (15) | 20 (16) | 26 (15) |
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| Health professional, n (%) | .02 | |||||||||
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Yes | 88 (29) | 48 (38) | 40 (22) |
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No | 213 (70.3) | 76 (62) | 138 (77.5) |
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| Number of drugs used last week, n (%) | .09 | |||||||||
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0 | 57 (19) | 18 (14) | 39 (22) |
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1-4 | 190 (62.7) | 89 (71) | 101 (56.7) |
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5-7 | 46 (15) | 15 (12) | 31 (17) |
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8-10 | 7 (2) | 3 (2.2) | 4 (2.5) |
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>10 | 2 (0.7) | 0 (0) | 2 (1.5) |
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Do not want to answer | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.8) | 0 (0) |
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| Regular prescription drugs, n (%) | .57 | |||||||||
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Yes | 210 (69.3) | 86 (69) | 124 (69.6) |
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No | 90 (30) | 37 (30) | 53 (29.4) |
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Do not want to answer | 3 (1) | 2 (1) | 1 (0.6) |
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aN/A: not applicable.