Internet and social media usage of orthopaedic patients: A questionnaire-based survey

Table 5 Asking an orthopaedist his/her opinion over the internet and interpreting the information obtained according to educational level n (%)

	Educational Level						P
	Illiterate	Primary	Secondary	High-school	Under graduate	Post graduate
Participants who asked an orthopaedist his/her opinion about a disease?
Yes	26 (21.8)	173 (28.9)	80 (37.4)	181 (36.2)	147 (44.5)	14 (33.3)	10.001b
No	93 (78.2)	425 (71.1)	134 (62.6)	319 (63.8)	183 (55.5)	28 (66.7)
With which one(s) of the following can you describe the answers you were given?
Helpfull
Yes	5 (19.2)	34 (19.7)	12 (15)	29 (16)	10 (6.8)	1 (7.1)	20.021a
No	21 (80.8)	139 (80.3)	68 (85)	152 (84)	137 (93.2)	13 (92.9)
I became more confused
Yes	11 (42.3)	71 (41)	24 (30)	89 (49.2)	102 (69.4)	7 (50)	10.001b
No	15 (57.7)	102 (59)	56 (70)	92 (50.8)	45 (30.6)	7 (50)
Participants who attempted to treat their orthopaedic diseases based on the information they obtained from the internet
Yes	17 (14.3)	92 (15.4)	32 (15)	112 (22.4)	78 (23.6)	8 (19)	10.004b
No	102 (85.7)	506 (84.6)	182 (85)	388 (77.6)	252 (76.4)	34 (81)

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01.

¹Pearson χ² test;

²Fisher Freeman Halton test.