Patient and caregiver interest in Internet-based cancer services.
PURPOSE: The primary goal of this study was to identify the needs for, the interest in, and the feasibility of the implementation of an Internet-based cancer services web site. Additionally, group differences (racial, patient vs caregiver, or rural vs urban) were identified that might influence the...
| Publicado en: | Cancer Practice Vol. 10; no. 6; pp. 305 - 311 |
|---|---|
| Autores principales: | , , |
| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
| Publicado: |
Wiley-Blackwell
Nov2002
|
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=106834703&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 106834703 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10654704 FQQ jtl: Cancer Practice issn: 10654704 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Nov2002 vid: 10 iid: 6 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell place: Malden, Massachusetts artinfo: ui: 106834703 106834703 2003068330 10.1046/j.1523-5394.2002.106005.x NLM12406053 106834703 ppf: 305 ppct: 6 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Patient and caregiver interest in Internet-based cancer services. aug: au: Monnier J Laken M Carter CL affil: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, PO Box 250861, Charleston, SC 29425 sug: subj: Cancer Patients Caregivers Internet Oncologic Care Patient Attitudes Adolescence Adult Analysis of Variance Chi Square Test Communication Consumer Health Information Convenience Sample Descriptive Statistics Funding Source Home Health Care Male Middle Age Professional-Patient Relations Questionnaires South Carolina Support Groups T-Tests Human Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Male ab: PURPOSE: The primary goal of this study was to identify the needs for, the interest in, and the feasibility of the implementation of an Internet-based cancer services web site. Additionally, group differences (racial, patient vs caregiver, or rural vs urban) were identified that might influence the implementation of such a project. DESCRIPTION OF STUDY: Patients with cancer and caregivers (N = 319) in the waiting rooms of a cancer center located within a southeastern medical university completed questionnaires regarding their interest in Internet-based services. Topics included the likelihood of using Internet-based services, interest in home healthcare services delivered via a personal computer, and knowledge about and use of the Internet. RESULTS: Results indicated that most patient and caregiver respondents were interested in Internet-based cancer-related services such as information related to treatment (80%), conversations with physicians via the Internet (70%), and online support groups (65%). In addition, respondents reported that they would be likely to use such services (70%) and were interested in home healthcare services delivered via personal computers (60%). No group differences were found across ethnic groups, geographic settings, and patient status (patient vs caregivers) on these variables. Minorities, older individuals, and less educated individuals were less likely to have knowledge of and to have used the Internet. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Patients with cancer and their caregivers are interested in supplementing in-person services with Internet-based services relating to their cancer treatment. Special efforts need to be made to reach ethnic minorities, the elderly, and those with less education with Internet-based programs. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|