Use of the Internet for health information by physicians for patient care in a teaching hospital in Ibadan, Nigeria

Table 3 Use of health information and search engines by physicians in Ibadan, Nigeria

	House Officers (N = 45)		Medical Officers (N = 23)		Registrars (N = 104)		Total (N = 172)
	No	%	No	%	No	%	No	%
Ever obtained health information from the Internet for patient care?
Yes	37	82.2	18	78.3	96	92.3	151	87.8
No	7	15.6	4	17.4	6	5.8	17	9.9
No Response	1	2.2	1	4.3	2	1.9	4	2.3
Search Engine used to obtain health information
Yahoo	17	37.8	6	26.1	34	32.7	57	33.1
Google	23	51.1	13	56.5	63	60.6	99	57.6
Others	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	1.9	2	1.2
No Response	5	11.1	4	17.4	5	4.8	14	8.1
Used a Search Engine during the previous month?
Yes	25	55.6	12	52.2	80	76.9	117	68.0
No	19	42.2	10	43.5	22	21.2	51	29.7
No Response	1	2.2	1	4.3	2	1.9	4	2.3
Total	45	100	23	100	104	100	172	100