Internet as a source of medicines information (MI) among frequent internet users

Hämeen‐Anttila, Katri; Pietilä, Kirsi; Pylkkänen, Liisa; Pohjanoksa-Mäntylä, Marika

doi:10.1016/j.sapharm.2017.09.007

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“…Social media has changed the way its users communicate and utilize internet-based sites as a means of dispersing content among digital media and internet users [39,40]. It has created opportunities for more affordable and highly viable internet promotions of goods and services, it offers new ways to deal and coordinate interactions between potential social media users, and it has spurred the creation of business opportunities and system correspondence [41]. Consistently, a large number of social media users distribute their articles, photographs, videos, and recordings with the help of social media platforms, such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Viber, YouTube, Flickr, and WordPress, and they share such information with others [42].…”

Section: The Positive Effects Of Social Mediamentioning

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The Impact of Social Media on Learning Behavior for Sustainable Education: Evidence of Students from Selected Universities in Pakistan

et al. 2019

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In today’s world, social media is playing an indispensable role on the learning behavior of university students to achieve sustainable education. The impact of social media on sustainable education is becoming an essential and impelling factor. The world has become a global village and technology use has made it a smaller world through social media and how it is changing instruction. This original study is amongst the few to perform a focalized investigation on revealing the relationship between positive and negative characteristics of social media and the learning attitude of university students for sustainable education. However, this study aims to examine the constructive and adverse factors that impact on students’ minds and how these helped students to share positive and negative aspects with others. It is increasingly noticeable that social networking sites and their applications present enormous benefits for as well as risks to university students and their implications on students’ psychological adjustment or learning behaviors are not well understood. This study adapted the cluster sampling method, and respondents participated from five selected regions. Researchers distributed 1013 questionnaires among the targeted sample of university students with an age range of 16 to 35 years, and they collected 831 complete/valid responses. This study applied the social gratification theory to examine students’ behavior practicing social media usage. This study specifically identified 18 adversarial and constructive factors of social media from the previous literature. The findings revealed that the usage of social media in Pakistan has a negative influence on a student’s behavior as compared to positive aspects. Results may not be generalized to the entire student community as findings are specific to the specific respondents only. This study presents a relationship between antithetical and creative characteristics of social media and exhibits avenues for future studies by facilitating a better understanding of web-based social network use.

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Section: The Positive Effects Of Social Mediamentioning

confidence: 99%

The Impact of Social Media on Learning Behavior for Sustainable Education: Evidence of Students from Selected Universities in Pakistan

et al. 2019

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“…According to the international telecommunication union (ITU), by the end of 2018, the number of Internet users worldwide had reached 3.9 billion [28]. The Internet has become one of the most preferred channels for people to obtain information, greatly promoting the interconnection of the world, making it possible to communicate remotely, and enhancing the scope and intensity of social interactions [29,30,31,32]. Therefore, the online world is bound to become an important place for governments, social institutions, and organizations to disseminate food safety knowledge and strengthen the food safety awareness of the public.…”

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Association of Internet Use with Attitudes Toward Food Safety in China: A Cross-Sectional Study

Zhang

Cai

Cheng

et al. 2019

IJERPH

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A growing body of research has shown that people’s attitudes toward food safety is affected by their availability and accessibility to food risk information. In the digital era, the Internet has become the most important channel for information acquisition. However, empirical evidence related to the impact of Internet use on people’s attitudes towards food safety is inadequate. In this study, by employing the Chinese Social Survey for 2013 and 2015, we have investigated the current situation of food safety perceptions and evaluations among Chinese residents and the association between Internet use and individuals’ food safety evaluations. Empirical results indicate that there is a significant negative correlation between Internet use and people’s food safety evaluation in China. Furthermore, heterogeneity analysis shows that Internet use has a stronger negative correlation with food safety evaluation for those lacking rational judgment regarding Internet information. Specifically, the negative correlation between Internet use and food safety evaluations is more obvious among rural residents, young people, and less educated residents. Finally, propensity score matching (PSM) is applied to conduct a robustness check. This paper provides new evidence for studies on the relationship between Internet use and an individuals’ food safety cognition, as well as additional policy enlightenment for food safety risk management in the digital age.

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“…W tej sytuacji pracownicy służby zdrowia powinni promować lub nawet prowadzić rzetelne strony internetowe, które mogą pomóc pacjentom ocenić wiarygodność znalezionych informacji. 10 Stopień zaufania badanej populacji do informacji dotyczących zdrowia zamieszczonych w Internecie jest znacznie mniejszy niż do wiadomości udzielanych przez personel medyczny. Podobne wnioski zostały przedstawione również w badaniu przeprowadzonym na 506 osobach przez Polskie Badania Internetu w 2012 r. Wynika z niego, że poradom pracowników służby zdrowia ufa aż 86% ankietowanych, a wiadomościom znalezionym w Internecie 71%.…”

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Therole of theInternet in the physician–patient relations analyzed in selected age groups

Fryc¹,

Krassowska²,

Szymik³

et al. 2018

Piel. Zdr. Publ.

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Wprowadzenie. Internet ma ogromny wpływ na ludzi w wieku 18-44 lat, dla których jest jednym z głównych źródeł wiedzy. Niezmiernie istotna dla prawidłowego przebiegu procesu terapeutycznego jest relacja lekarz-pacjent, która za sprawą Internetu nabiera nowego charakteru. Cel pracy. Głównym celem badania było przeprowadzenie analizy pozwalającej ocenić wpływ Internetu na relację lekarz-pacjent oraz wskazanie różnic występujących w badanych grupach wiekowych. Materiał i metody. Badanie przeprowadzono za pomocą internetowego wywiadu kwestionariuszowego składającego się z 29 pytań zamkniętych. Wyniki. Badania wykazały, że dla 48% ankietowanych Internet jest pierwszym źródłem informacji na temat objawów mogących świadczyć o występowaniu choroby. Najczęściej używane są fora internetowe, poradniki i strony WWW prowadzone przez lekarzy. W momencie występowania rozbieżności między diagnozą lekarską a tą otrzymaną w Internecie 49% respondentów przyjmuje opinię lekarza za prawdziwą, zaś 40% konsultuje się z innym specjalistą. Wnioski. Wykorzystanie Internetu jako źródła informacji o zdrowiu ma zarówno zalety, jak i wady. Do korzyści należą: poszerzanie wiedzy medycznej, zwiększenie świadomości zdrowotnej, pozytywny wpływ na zmianę stylu życia na prozdrowotny. Negatywnym zjawiskiem jest możliwość postawienia błędnej autodiagnozy z powodu nieprawidłowej interpretacji informacji pochodzących z Internetu. W obliczu tych faktów nasuwa się wniosek, że współcześni lekarze powinni mieć swój udział w tworzeniu źródeł wiedzy medycznej w Internecie i dbać o ich rzetelność.

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Internet as a source of medicines information (MI) among frequent internet users

Abstract: Well-educated, young women tend to search MI on the internet. Health care professionals should discuss reliable MI websites and tools that can help patients evaluate the reliability of information.

Cited by 36 publications

References 28 publications

The Impact of Social Media on Learning Behavior for Sustainable Education: Evidence of Students from Selected Universities in Pakistan

The Impact of Social Media on Learning Behavior for Sustainable Education: Evidence of Students from Selected Universities in Pakistan

Association of Internet Use with Attitudes Toward Food Safety in China: A Cross-Sectional Study

Therole of theInternet in the physician–patient relations analyzed in selected age groups

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