Table 1

Background of allied health care professionals and complementary health practitioners concerning computer usage.


Total
n
%(n/t)
P value

Access to the literature via Internet




     Allied health professionals
113
77
68.1
0.008
     Complementary health practitioners
64
61
95.3






Access to a library




     Allied health professionals
115
42
36.5
0.015
     Complementary health practitioners
61
12
19.7






Use of email 3 or more times a week




     Allied health professionals
121
67
55.4

     Complementary health practitioners
65
59
90.8
0.001





Use of email discussion groups




     Allied health professionals
111
14
12.6
0.006
     Complementary health practitioners
63
19
30.2






Surf the Internet more than once a week




     Allied health professionals
110
74
67.2
0.001
     Complementary health practitioners
65
61
93.8






Search the Internet for information more than once a week




Allied health professionals
112
97
86.6
0.001
Complementary health practitioners
65
64
98


Total = the total number of complete responses

n = the number of positive responses

Data missing from some respondents for each item due to incomplete responses

Only significant differences reported.

Hadley et al. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2008 8:45   doi:10.1186/1472-6882-8-45