Table 2 Behaviors and experience of college students in seeking online health information
From: Online health information-seeking behaviors and skills of Chinese college students
| Â | Total | Sex | Degree Program | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(N = 1203) | Male (n = 479) | Female (n = 724) | P | UG (n = 1169) | PG (n = 34) | P | ||
For whom | Self | 88 (7.3) | 41 (46.6) | 47 (53.4) | 0.49 | 85 (96.6) | 3 (3.4) | 0.94 |
Families/friends | 4 (0.3) | 1 (25.0) | 3 (75.0) | 4 (100) | 0 (0) | |||
Self + Families/friends | 1105 (91.9) | 434 (39.3) | 671 (60.7) | 1074 (97.2) | 31 (2.8) | |||
Others | 6 (0.5) | 3 (50.0) | 3 (50.0) | 6 (100) | 0 (0) | |||
For what | Self-care | 971 (80.7) | 355 (36.6) | 616 (63.4) | < 0.001 | 945 (97.3) | 26 (2.7) | 0.51 |
General health information | 956 (79.5) | 395 (41.3) | 561 (58.7) | 0.04 | 931 (97.4) | 25 (2.6) | 0.39 | |
Disease prevention | 935 (77.7) | 370 (39.6) | 565 (60.4) | 0.78 | 910 (97.3) | 25 (2.7) | 0.53 | |
Self-medication | 736 (61.2) | 275 (37.4) | 461 (62.6) | 0.03 | 714 (97.0) | 22 (3.0) | 0.72 | |
Treating families | 492 (40.9) | 183 (37.2) | 309 (62.8) | 0.13 | 481 (97.8) | 11 (2.2) | 0.38 | |
Drug information | 453 (37.7) | 174 (38.4) | 279 (61.6) | 0.47 | 437 (96.5) | 16 (3.5) | 0.28 | |
Western medication | 320 (26.6) | 128 (40.0) | 192 (60.0) | 0.95 | 308 (96.3) | 12 (3.8) | 0.24 | |
Hospital information | 273 (22.7) | 105 (38.5) | 168 (61.5) | 0.62 | 261 (95.6) | 12 (4.4) | 0.09 | |
Physician information | 257 (21.4) | 103 (40.1) | 154 (59.9) | 0.94 | 247 (96.1) | 10 (3.9) | 0.29 | |
TCM treatment | 188 (15.6) | 66 (35.1) | 122 (64.9) | 0.17 | 184 (97.9) | 4 (2.1) | 0.64 | |
Others | 165 (13.7) | 68 (41.2) | 97 (58.8) | 0.73 | 160 (97.0) | 5 (3.0) | 0.80 | |
Decision making after discussion with | Self | 813 (67.6) | 326 (40.1) | 487 (59.9) | 0.80 | 789 (97.0) | 24 (3.0) | 0.85 |
Families | 416 (34.6) | 153 (36.8) | 263 (63.2) | 0.12 | 406 (97.6) | 10 (2.4) | 0.59 | |
Doctors | 390 (32.4) | 172 (44.1) | 218 (55.9) | 0.04 | 376 (96.4) | 14 (3.6) | 0.27 | |
Friends | 387 (32.2) | 140 (36.2) | 247 (63.8) | 0.08 | 373 (96.4) | 14 (3.6) | 0.27 | |
Sharing the retrieved information with friends | 645 (53.6) | 271 (42.0) | 374 (58.0) | 0.09 | 629 (97.5) | 16 (2.5) | 0.60 | |
Recommending the retrieved information to others | 679 (56.4) | 289 (42.6) | 390 (57.4) | 0.02 | 660 (97.2) | 19 (2.8) | 0.94 | |
Safety concerns | No | 334 (27.8) | 149 (44.6) | 185 (55.4) | 0.02 | 322 (96.4) | 12 (3.6) | 0.69 |
Hacking attack | 75 (6.2) | 31 (41.3) | 44 (58.7) | 74 (98.7) | 1 (1.3) | |||
Internet fraud | 511 (42.5) | 207 (40.5) | 304 (59.5) | 498 (97.5) | 13 (2.5) | |||
Both | 283 (23.5) | 92 (32.5) | 191 (67.5) | 275 (97.1) | 8 (2.9) | |||
Victim experience | Hacking attack | 53 (4.4) | 33 (62.3) | 20 (37.7) | 0.001 | 53 (100) | 0 (0) | 0.40 |
Internet fraud | 189 (15.7) | 111 (58.7) | 78 (41.3) | < 0.001 | 183 (96.8) | 6 (3.2) | 0.81 | |
Acceptability of retrieved information | Yes | 635 (52.8) | 263 (41.4) | 372 (58.6) | 0.09 | 616 (97.0) | 19 (3.0) | 0.02 |
Not sure | 461 (38.3) | 167 (36.2) | 294 (63.8) | 453 (98.3) | 8 (1.7) | |||
No | 107 (8.9) | 49 (45.8) | 58 (54.2) | 100 (93.5) | 7 (6.5) | |||