Internet access and use by COPD patients in the National Emphysema/COPD Association Survey

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Table 3 Use of educational resources and self-reported disease knowledge by internet access and frequency of use

	Internet access			Frequency of internet use
	Yes N = 590	No N = 324	p-value	At least weekly N = 150	Less than weekly N = 440	p-value
Source of education/information (%)
Physician	87.29	82.99	0.07	84.77	88.15	0.28
Respiratory therapist	45.25	38.71	0.051	43.71	45.79	0.65
Nurse	38.64	30.79	0.01	40.40	38.04	0.60
Books, magazines	39.66	31.09	0.008	47.68	36.90	0.019
Other patients	19.15	8.50	< 0.0001	27.81	16.17	0.0017
Television or cable	14.58	13.20	0.55	11.26	15.72	0.18
Patient organizations	15.25	7.04	0.0002	26.49	11.39	< 0.0001
Pamphlets, brochures	43.39	36.36	0.03	39.74	44.65	0.29
Online support groups	23.73	0.88	< 0.0001	65.56	9.34	< 0.0001
Other internet sites	37.46	1.17	< 0.0001	72.19	25.51	< 0.0001
COPD knowledge (%)
Not well-informed	16.52	12.42	0.09	15.89	16.74	0.80
Not aware of guidelines	51.48	56.73	0.13	45.33	53.65	0.07

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