Internet use by dermatology outpatients to search for health information

AlGhamdi, Khalid M.; Almohedib, Mohammed A.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-4632.2010.04705.x

Cited by 44 publications

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“…By accepting the Internet as a natural societal phenomenon, physicians could fulfill an important role as counselors. 17 One of the major concerns about cybermedicine is the quality of Internet sites, which can contain incorrect and unsubstantiated data, 18,19 in addition to the possibility that patients could make erroneous interpretations of information, with negative consequences for their health. 20 Hence, the dermatologist could help by both recommending pages of interest during the patient's visit and promoting the development of pages with highquality information by scientific societies.…”

Section: Physician Awareness Of Patients' Use Of the Internet May Be mentioning

confidence: 99%

A study of internet searches for medical information in dermatology patients: The patient–physician relationship

Orgaz‐Molina

Cotugno

Girón-Prieto

et al. 2015

Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas

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Section: Physician Awareness Of Patients' Use Of the Internet May Be mentioning

confidence: 99%

A study of internet searches for medical information in dermatology patients: The patient–physician relationship

Orgaz‐Molina

Cotugno

Girón-Prieto

et al. 2015

Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas

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“…Previous studies showed a positive effect of internet use on dermatology outpatients [20], but we found that the internet is a new medium for those sham advertisings, with the popularization of the internet in the majority of Chinese families. Sham advertisings are deeply rooted in China and cannot be eliminated completely at once [21].…”

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confidence: 71%

Self-Medication of Psoriasis in Southwestern China

Zhang

Yang²,

Wang³

et al. 2014

Dermatology

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Background: Medication adherence is essential for psoriasis management. Although studies have determined the prevalence and correlative factors of non-adherence, as far as we know, there has been no study specifically addressing them in China. Methods: Anonymous 23-item questionnaires were distributed to 324 psoriatic patients from June 2012 to June 2013. χ² test, normality test, Student's t test or Mann-Whitney U test, Bonferroni correction and the binary logistic regression model were applied. Results: Self-medication of psoriasis was high in China (82.4%). Joint involvement, absence of communication with families and short communication duration with doctors were the three top factors affecting adherence. Besides low efficacy (16.0%) and recurrence frustration (27.0%), we found that patients' deception by sham advertisings (24.1%) is an non-negligible issue. Conclusion: Psoriasis self-medication in China was high. Improvement of patients' communication with families and/or doctors were suggested to be crucial to enhance adherence. Meanwhile, extermination of sham advertisings by administrative agencies is of great concern.

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“…Measuring the accuracy and accessibility of medical information on the Internet remains a daunting task. Beyond the World‐Wide Web, blogs, YouTube and other video archives, social media sites, and other Internet‐based resources now contain medical information . To simplify our task, we restricted our analysis to the World‐Wide Web, and we further limited ourselves to the use of a single search engine, Google, which as of February 2012 accounts for 66.4% of all domestic searches (U.S. explicit core search market, as measured by http://comScore.com).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%