Table 2 Searching for health-related information and use of Internet data of the studied sample of medical students in Egyptian universities (N = 1435)
Health-related information and use of Internet data | n (%) |
|---|---|
Chronic illness | |
Diabetes mellitus | 12 (8.1) |
Hypertension | 11 (7.4) |
Cardiac | 6 (4) |
Renal | 2 (1.4) |
Autoimmune | 25 (16.9) |
Absent | 1287 (89.7) |
Regular physical activity | |
Yes | 526 (36.7) |
No | 909 (63.3) |
Number of hours that they spend on different Internet websites per day | |
Less than 6 h | 703 (49) |
From 6 to 12 h | 653 (45.5) |
More than 12 h | 79 (5.5) |
The most commonly used programsa (select all possible) | |
935 (65.2) | |
884 (61.6) | |
Online shopping | 129 (9) |
438 (30.5) | |
244 (17) | |
YouTube | 689 (48) |
Snapchat | 149 (10.4) |
147 (10.2) | |
Others | 212 (14.8) |
Frequency of searching health-related information for personal use (not study) | |
(Nearly) everyday | 363 (26.2) |
4 to 5 days a week | 183 (13.1) |
2 to 3 days a week | 287 (20.7) |
About once a week | 244 (17.6) |
Less often | 310 (22.4) |
Degree of worry about one’s health or family members’ health | |
Always | 658 (45.9) |
Usually | 413 (28.8) |
Sometimes | 301 (21) |
Rarely | 47 (3.3) |
Never | 16 (1) |