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Internet use and perceptions of information reliability by parents in a neonatal intensive care unit.

OBJECTIVES: To assess Internet use and perceptions of formation reliability by parents in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). STUDY DESIGN: A standardized questionnaire study. RESULTS: A total of 100 parents were approached and 90% participated. In all, 79% owned a computer, 85.5% had Internet ac...

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Published in:Journal of Perinatology Vol. 23; no. 5; pp. 420 - 425
Main Authors: Dhillon AS, Albersheim SG, Alsaad S, Pargass NS, Zupancic JAF
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Springer Nature Jul2003
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        affil: The Neonatal Unit, Birmingham Women's Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TG, UK
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          Internet Utilization
          Parents
          Health Education
          Consumer Health Information
          Perception
          Intensive Care Units, Neonatal
          Patient Education
          Chi Square Test
          Fisher's Exact Test
          Data Analysis Software
          Questionnaires
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          Adult: 19-44 years
      ab: OBJECTIVES: To assess Internet use and perceptions of formation reliability by parents in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). STUDY DESIGN: A standardized questionnaire study. RESULTS: A total of 100 parents were approached and 90% participated. In all, 79% owned a computer, 85.5% had Internet access, and 75.5% regularly spent >1 to 2 hour/day on the computer. There was a significant reduction in the proportion of parents using the Internet after birth of their baby (before birth: nonmedical searches 84% and medical searches 47%; after birth: nonmedical searches 40% and medical searches 29%; p<0.0001 and <0.03, respectively). Internet access was more likely in those with higher level of education (p=0.006) and fluency in reading English (p=0.05). In all, 80% considered the NICU doctors as a reliable source of medical information compared with 10% in the case of the Internet. CONCLUSIONS: Although a considerable proportion of parents use the Internet for medical information, many still view the information obtained as unreliable.
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