Table 3 Multivariate logistical regression on health information seeking on social media with offline physician-visiting behaviors of YMSM participants in China, 2017 (n = 503)

Generic social media use

1.44**

(1.10–1.88)

1.39*

(1.06–1.81)

1.18***

(1.08–1.29)

1.14**

(1.04–1.26)

Gay mobile App use

1.60***

(1.19–2.16)

1.62***

(1.20–2.19)

1.10*

(1.01–1.19)

1.04

(0.95–1.14)

Mobile medical App use

1.12

(0.85–1.47)

1.12

(0.85–1.47)

1.11

(0.97–1.26)

1.16*

(1.01–1.34)

Online seeking for symptoms

4.99***

(2.26–10.98)

4.91***

(2.18–11.09)

2.50***

(1.74–3.60)

2.02***

(1.34–3.04)

Online seeking for services

6.86***

(2.41–19.52)

7.21***

(2.50–20.91)

2.42***

(1.65–3.54)

1.95**

(1.28–2.99)

Perceived trustworthiness of searching results

3.42***

(1.80–6.47)

2.86**

(1.43–5.72)

2.00***

(1.37–2.93)

1.54

(0.99–2.39)