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Table 2 Logistic regression results of the primary source of medical information (base outcome = offline source, n = 1435)

From: Medical information seeking behavior of urban patients in Zhejiang Province, China: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

ORa

95% CIb

p-value

Gender (Refc: Male)

1.05

(0.82–1.33)

0.72

Age (Ref: 18–29)

 30–40

1.06

(0.76–1.49)

0.73

 41–55

0.70

(0.45–1.10)

0.12

 56–65

0.41

(0.17–0.98)

0.05

  > 65

0.36

(0.10–1.31)

0.12

Marital status (Ref: Married)

 Single

1.17

(0.84–1.65)

0.35

 Divorced

1.43

(0.59–3.45)

0.43

 Widowed

0.47

(0.04–5.20)

0.54

Education (Ref: ≤ Primary school)

 Junior high school

1.91

(0.72–5.07)

0.20

 Senior high school

2.64

(1.01–6.85)

0.05

 College graduate

2.90

(1.14–7.38)

0.03

 Postgraduate

4.44

(1.56–12.63)

0.01

Monthly income (Ref: ≤ 1800 CNY)

 1801–4600 CNY

1.17

(0.78–1.74)

0.45

 4601–8000 CNY

1.15

(0.77–1.73)

0.49

 8001–17,000 CNY

1.72

(1.10–2.71)

0.02

  > 17,000 CNY

1.82

(1.03–3.24)

0.04

Health status

1.05

(0.90–1.23)

0.54

Internet use (Ref: Inactive)

2.31

(1.71–3.13)

< 0.001

City (Ref: Hangzhou)

 Jinhua

0.71

(0.52–0.97)

0.03

 Lishui

0.41

(0.29–0.57)

< 0.001

Hospital type (Ref: Primary)

 Secondary B

0.89

(0.42–1.90)

0.77

 Secondary A

0.77

(0.39–1.53)

0.46

 Tertiary B

0.97

(0.55–1.72)

0.91

 Tertiary A

1.15

(0.68–1.95)

0.59

Constant

0.11

(0.03–0.38)

< 0.001

  1. aOR odds ratio
  2. bCI confidence interval
  3. cRef reference group