Cyberchondriacs Include 160 Million People
From Harris Interactive
The number of people who have used the internet to search for health-related information has increased from 53 percent in 2005 to 71 percent currently, bringing the number of US adults who have searched for health information online to 160 million, according to Harris Interactive.
That’s an increase from 136 million “cyberchondriacs,” as Harris terms them, in 2006 and 117 million in 2005 – a 37 percent increase over two years, writes MarketingCharts.
The proportion of cyberchondriacs who search online either often or sometimes has also risen. Most adults who have ever looked for health information online claim that they have been at least somewhat successful in finding what they were looking for.
In addition, the great majority say they believe the information to be at least somewhat reliable, and most have talked to their physicians about the information they found on the internet.
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