# Results

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Results survey
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## Insights&#x20;

I had hoped for more candidates, but with **24 submitted answers** I have a small indication of who my target audience is and what they think. I did sent the survey to all graduating students and to the CCDL students to collect varied data about people in multiple countries.

afterwards 2 answers were added so in my design rationale i described 26 otherwise the graphs were not accurate.&#x20;

These results are based on 24 submitted answers.

### The participants come from these countries:

|                 |           |
| --------------- | --------- |
| **Netherlands** | **70,8%** |
| Canada          | 16,7%     |
| Kenya           | 8,3%      |
| Suriname        | 4,2%      |

### The participants gender :

|                   |           |
| ----------------- | --------- |
| **Female**        | **66,7%** |
| Male              | 29,2%     |
| Prefer not to say | 4,1%      |

### Highest level of education

|                           |           |
| ------------------------- | --------- |
| **Some college**          | **37,5%** |
| **Bachelor's degree**     | **33,3%** |
| High school or equivalent | 25%       |
| Master’s degree           | 4,2%      |

### &#x20;Ever used the Internet to search for medical information (e.g. looking up symptoms)

|         |          |
| ------- | -------- |
| **Yes** | **100%** |
| No      | 0%       |

### Use the Internet to look up symptoms/diseases

|                       |           |
| --------------------- | --------- |
| **1-2 per half year** | **58,3%** |
| 1-2 per month         | 25%       |
| 1-3 times per week    | 8,3%      |
| 3+ times per week     | 8,3%      |
| **Never**             | **0%**    |

### The Internet is in helping you in making decisions about health

|                        |           |
| ---------------------- | --------- |
| Not use full at all    | 0%        |
| Little use full        | 20,8%     |
| **Middle (sometimes)** | **37,5%** |
| **Useful**             | **33,3%** |
| Very Useful            | 8,4%      |

### Important to be able to access health resources on the Internet

|                      |           |
| -------------------- | --------- |
| Not important at all | 0%        |
| Little important     | 4,2%      |
| Sometimes            | 12,5%     |
| **Very important**   | **41,7%** |
| **Important**        | **41,7%** |

### Know how to use the Internet to answer  questions about health

|                |           |
| -------------- | --------- |
| **Little bit** | **20,8%** |
| Sometimes      | 25%       |
| **Agree**      | **33,3%** |
| Strongly Agree | 20,5%     |

### Main reason to use the Internet to look up for symptoms/diseases

|                 |           |
| --------------- | --------- |
| **Curiosity**   | **45,8%** |
| **Reassurance** | **29,2%** |
| Fear            | 20,8%     |
| Shame           | 4,2%      |

Cyberchondria: Studies of the Escalation of Medical Concerns in Web Search&#x20;

RYEN W. WHITE and ERIC HORVITZ Microsoft Research

**"**&#x77;e cannot confirm with certainty a causal association between exposure to Web search results and unfounded escalation of anxiety, users often gravitate toward serious illnesses for seemingly innocuous symptoms. Even if this gravitation is a result of curiosity not anxiety, it is worthy of attention since interest may".

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###

### **R**esources use in your research

|          |           |
| -------- | --------- |
| **3**    | **33,3%** |
| **More** | **29,2%** |
| 2        | 29,2%     |
| 1        | 8,3%      |

### Reliability check of the source

|               |           |
| ------------- | --------- |
| **Yes**       | **50%**   |
| **Sometimes** | **45,8%** |
| No            | 8,3%      |

### Contacting the doctor when finding a possible diagnosis

|               |           |
| ------------- | --------- |
| Yes           | 12,5%     |
| **Sometimes** | **66,7%** |
| **No**        | **25%**   |

### Enough knowledge about the risks of self-diagnoses and able to deal with them in daily life

|                  |           |
| ---------------- | --------- |
| No knowledge     | 0%        |
| Little knowledge | 12,5%     |
| **Middle**       | 25%       |
| Knowledge        | **33,3%** |
| Enough knowledge | 29,2%     |

### Knowledge/Scenario Testing

|              |           |
| ------------ | --------- |
| **Covid-19** | **54,2%** |
| Flu          | 25%       |
| Common cold  | 20,8%     |
