Patients retrieving additional information via the Internet: a trend analysis in a Swedish population, 2000-05.
AIMS: To examine the trends over five years for patients' seeking online additional health information about their disease/health problem to what the doctor has been giving, and investigate any differences in information-seeking behaviour according to age, gender, self-perceived health status, livin...
| Publicado en: | Scandinavian Journal of Public Health Vol. 35; no. 5; pp. 533 - 540 |
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| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Oct2007
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=105830962&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 105830962 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 14034948 BDD jtl: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health issn: 14034948 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Oct2007 vid: 35 iid: 5 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. place: Thousand Oaks, California artinfo: ui: 105830962 105830962 2009682973 10.1080/14034940701280750 NLM17852982 105830962 ppf: 533 ppct: 7 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Patients retrieving additional information via the Internet: a trend analysis in a Swedish population, 2000-05. aug: au: Rahmqvist M Bara A affil: Department of Health and Society, Linköping University, Sweden sug: subj: Internet Patient Education Standards Patient Education Statistics and Numerical Data Patient Education Trends Adult Aged Aged, 80 and Over Consumer Health Information Standards Consumer Health Information Trends Consumer Health Information Female Male Middle Age Patient Attitudes Questionnaires Sweden Human Adult: 19-44 years Aged: 65+ years Aged, 80 & over Middle Aged: 45-64 years Female Male ab: AIMS: To examine the trends over five years for patients' seeking online additional health information about their disease/health problem to what the doctor has been giving, and investigate any differences in information-seeking behaviour according to age, gender, self-perceived health status, living area, and type of medical encounter. METHODS: Data from three independent surveys conducted in 2000, 2002, and 2005 of a population with a recent experience of outpatient care[n]typesetter: please remove blue shading here and elsewhere[/n], including 24,800 respondents aged between 20 and 95, were analysed in a trend analysis and a logistic regression regarding background factors that may influence the seeking behaviour. RESULTS: During the study period, there was a significant increase in Internet use in most age groups. The total use among men 20-95 years old increased from 7% in 2000 to 18% in 2005 and from 9% to 25% for women respectively. The predictors for using the Internet as a source of information were: age, gender, self-perceived health status, living area, and the type of medical encounter (first or repeated). In 2005, women aged 20-49 used the Internet as a source to a significantly greater extent than men, even when all background factors were controlled for (OR 1.46 and CI 1.21-1.77). CONCLUSIONS: Swedish patients, especially the young and middle-aged, are to a substantial degree using the Internet to gather additional information on their disease. The benefits of this increase include more informed patients; however, there are inherent quality issues that require strategies for ensuring public access to high-quality health information online. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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