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Table 3 Internet patterns among Finnish and Greek current Internet users

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

Internet patterns

Internet users

 

N (%)

Total N = 144 Ν (%)

Finnish group n = 111 a n (%)

Greek group n = 33 a n (%)

P - value

Location of Internet access:b

 Home

133 (92)

106 (95)

27 (82)

0.02

 Apartment complex

1 (1)

1 (1)

0 (0)

 Family/friend’s house

3 (2)

3 (3)

0 (0)

 Library

1 (1)

1 (1)

0 (0)

 Other

6 (4)

0 (0)

6 (18)

<.0001

Email address:

   

0.28

 Yes

133 (92)

104 (94)

29 (88)

 

 No

11 (8)

7 (6)

4 (12)

 

Frequency of Internet use:

   

0.03

 At least once a day

108 (75)

85 (77)

23 (70)

 

 Every few days

15 (10)

9 (8)

6 (18)

 

 Once a week

8 (6)

7 (6)

1 (3)

 

 A few times a month

11 (8)

9 (8)

2 (6)

 

 Once a month or less

2 (1)

1 (1)

1 (3)

 

Reasons of Internet use:

 Research health-related information

81 (56)

61 (55)

20 (61)

0.57

 Communicate with health professionals about health-related issues

9 (6)

5 (4)

4 (12)

0.21

 Communicate with other users about health-related issues

15 (10)

10 (9)

5 (15)

0.34

 Internet use for health-related purposesc

81 (56)

61 (55)

20 (61)

0.56

 Research information about other topics or issues of interest to me

128 (89)

98 (88)

30 (91)

0.67

 Send/receive email

109 (76)

91 (82)

18 (55)

0.001

 Buy products online

84 (58)

69 (62)

15 (45)

0.09

 Do banking online/pay bills

110 (76)

101 (91)

9 (27)

<.0001

 Read news, papers, magazines, and books online

102 (71)

79 (71)

23 (70)

0.87

 Play games online

45 (31)

26 (23)

19 (58)

<.0001

 Watch videos (including YouTube)

111 (77)

81 (73)

30 (91)

0.03

 Use social networking websites and/or dating sites

86 (60)

61 (55)

25 (76)

0.03

 Other

28 (19)

17 (15)

11 (33)

0.02

Easiness to locate website and to find information within that site:d

   

0.02

 Always easy

42 (29)

30 (27)

12 (37)

 

 Sometimes easy

75 (52)

67 (60)

8 (24)

 

 Not so easy

22 (16)

13 (12)

9 (27)

 

 Difficult

2 (1)

1 (1)

1 (3)

 

 Very difficult

3 (2)

0 (0)

3 (9)

 

Problems hardening Internet use:

 Pain in limbs

4 (3)

3 (3)

1 (3)

0.93

 Unsteady hands

13 (9)

9 (8)

4 (12)

0.49

 Difficulty concentrating for long periods of time

42 (29)

31 (28)

11 (33)

0.57

 Difficulty sitting for long periods of time

29 (20)

19 (17)

10 (30)

0.10

 Eyes that tire easily

27 (19)

17 (15)

10 (30)

0.06

 Other problems

27 (18)

21 (19)

6 (18)

0.91

  1. aPercentages inside the parentheses (%) refer to percentages within country
  2. bFisher’s Exact Test
  3. cPrevalence of the three first answer alternatives to the question ‘Reasons of Internet use’
  4. d P-value: Pearson’s Chi Square