Table 3.
Level of trust in internet sites used for obtaining medicine information (% of total internet users).
| Internet sites | Level of trust (n=125) | ||||
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Completely trustworthy | Somewhat trustworthy | Not much trustworthy | Not trustworthy | |
| Helsenorge.noa, n (%) | 75 (60) | 22 (18) | 3 (2) | 3 (2) | |
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My electronic prescriptions | 65 (52) | 16 (13) | 7 (6) | 7 (6) |
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Summary care record | 43 (34) | 13 (10) | 6 (4) | 6 (5) |
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My hospital health record | 38 (30) | 19 (15) | 9 (7) | 9 (7) |
| Physician’s desktop reference, n (%) | 60 (48) | 28 (22 | 4 (3) | 7 (5) | |
| Pharmacy websites, n (%) | 32 (26) | 47 (38) | 2 (1.6) | 4 (3.2) | |
| Web-based questions/answered by health professionals, n (%) | 19 (15) | 55 (44) | 34 (27) | 38 (30) | |
| General health and lifestyle, n (%) | 1 (0.8) | 7 (6) | 17 (14) | 44 (35) | |
| Social media, n (%) | 3 (2) | 5 (4) | 15 (12) | 66 (52) | |
aHelsenorge.no is a national health portal established in 2011 providing comprehensive health information and eHealth services to the citizens. The portal includes information about both current and past prescriptions in my prescriptions, the summary care record, and my hospital record.