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Table 1 Sociodemographics and important sources of health information between country groups

From: Internet use, eHealth literacy and attitudes toward computer/internet among people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a cross-sectional study in two distant European regions

Socio-demographic characteristics

Total sample N = 229

Finnish group n = 128a

Greek group n = 101a

P b

Age +

 Median (min, max)

41 (19, 77)

38 (20, 64)

44 (19, 77)

0.007

Duration of illness (since the first contact with psychiatric services)

   

0.006

 Median (min, max)+

13 (0, 56)

16 (0, 47)

11 (0, 56)

 

Gender: N (%)

   

0.006

 Male

132 (58)

61 (48)

71 (70)

 

 Female

97 (42)

67 (52)

30 (30)

 

Marital status: N (%)

   

<.0001

 Single

141 (62)

97 (76)

44 (43)

 

 Partnership/Married

58 (25)

22 (17)

36 (36)

 

 Separated/Divorced

26 (11)

9 (7)

17 (17)

 

 Widowed

4 (2)

0 (0)

4 (4)

 

Level of education: N (%)

   

<.0001

 No formal education

3 (1)

3 (2)

0 (0)

 

 Primary and middle school

73 (32)

20 (16)

53 (52)

 

 High school

56 (25)

31 (24)

25 (25)

 

 College or Vocational training

64 (28)

49 (38)

15 (15)

 

 University degree

33 (14)

25 (20)

8 (8)

 

Employment status: N (%)

   

<.0001

 Unemployed

51 (22)

16 (13)

35 (34)

 

 Social welfare benefit

14 (6)

2 (2)

12 (12)

 

 Student

10 (5)

7 (5)

3 (3)

 

 Disability pension

124 (54)

91 (71)

33 (33)

 

 Employed (including sick leave)

19 (8)

5 (4)

14 (14)

 

 Other

11 (5)

7 (5)

4 (4)

 

Living situation: N (%)

 Own household (with partner/family)

56 (24)

20 (16)

36 (36)

<.0001

 Own household (alone)

109 (48)

87 (68)

22 (22)

 

 Flat share

5 (2)

5 (4)

0 (0)

 

 Parents’ household

51 (22)

8 (6)

43 (42)

 

 Supported housing

8 (4)

8 (6)

0 (0)

 

Important sources of health informationc: N (%)

 Internet

121 (53)

76 (59)

45 (45)

0.16

 TV/Radio

86 (38)

48 (38)

38 (38)

0.11

 Books, medical encyclopaedias and leaflets

117 (51)

61 (48)

56 (55)

0.02

 Courses and lectures

100 (44)

41 (32)

59 (58)

<.0001

 Newspapers, magazines

76 (33)

48 (38)

28 (28)

0.74

 Family, friends, colleagues

141 (62)

72 (57)

69 (68)

0.44

 Pharmacies

144 (63)

71 (56)

73 (72)

0.04

 Face-to-face contact with medical professionals

203 (89)

111 (87)

95 (94)

0.85

  1. aPercentages inside the parentheses (%) refer to percentages within country
  2. bFisher’s Exact Test
  3. cNumber of the highest points (‘4 = Important’ and ‘5 = Very important’) coded together
  4. +Kruskal-Wallis rank test used for comparisons between countries
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