Influence of education and residence on the parental search for pediatric surgical information on the internet

Table 6 Internet usage to access medical information regarding the educational level of the parent (n = 202), n (%)

	Completed high school or less, n = 103	Completed college or some college, n = 63	Advanced degree or beyond, n = 36	Total	P value
Previous medical information searching on Internet
Yes	66 (64.1)	59 (93.7)	31 (86.1)	156 (77.2)	< 0.0001
No	37 (35.9)	4 (6.3)	5 (13.9)	46 (22.8)
Internet usage in 24 h prior to admission
Yes	44 (42.7)	34 (54)	7 (19.4)	85 (42.1)	0.004
No	59 (57.3)	29 (46)	29 (80.6)	117 (57.9)
Which family member searched on Internet mostly?
Mother	67 (65)	48 (76.8)	23 (63)	138 (68.3)	0.27
Father	36 (35)	15 (23.2)	13 (37)	64 (31.7)
Search engines used
Google	86 (83.5)	53 (84.1)	34 (94.4)	173 (85.6)	0.74
Wikipedia	15 (14.6)	15 (23.8)	7 (19.4)	37 (18.3)
Other	12 (11.7)	7 (19.4)	3 (8.3)	22 (10.9)
Do you trust the websites in terms of validity?
Yes	58 (56.3)	36 (57.1)	8 (22.2)	102 (50.5)	0.0009
No	45 (43.7)	27 (42.9)	28 (77.8)	100 (49.5)
Were the health information comprehensive?
Yes	76 (73.8)	48 (76.2)	22 (61.1)	146 (72.3)	0.24
No	27 (26.2)	15 (23.8)	14 (38.9)	56 (27.7)
Level of satisfaction with the medical information
High	22 (21.4)	18 (28.6)	6 (16.7)	46 (22.8)	0.051
Medium	69 (67)	38 (60.3)	19 (52.8)	126 (62.4)
Low	12 (11.7)	7 (11.1)	11 (30.6)	30 (14.9)