Internet Use in Families With Children Requiring Cardiac Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease

Ikemba, Catherine; Kozinetz, Claudia A.; Feltes, Timothy F.; Fraser, Charles D.; McKenzie, E. Dean; Shah, Naeema; Mott, Antonio R.

doi:10.1542/peds.109.3.419

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“…Additionally, up to now, several studies on some chronic diseases have reported that the Internet access rate for health purposes is about 40-60% of all Internet users, a figure which can be considered low for chronic diseases (Murero et al 2001;Giménez-Pérez et al 2002;Ikemba et al 2002;Kalichman et al 2002). Our results of the access rate of web site information via PCs also agreed with these prior study results.…”

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“…Recently, the Internet has provided people with open access to health-and disease-related information (Murero et al 2001;Giménez-Pérez et al 2002;Ikemba et al 2002;Kalichman et al 2002). Accordingly, the Internet can be viewed as an effective way of providing health care information to people with chronic diseases.…”

confidence: 99%

“…One of the major concerns of health and medical professionals is the status of patients' access to the Internet. There have been several reports on this (Murero et al 2001;Giménez-Pérez et al 2002;Ikemba et al 2002;Kalichman et al 2002), but it should be assessed under different medical conditions. We are not aware of any study evaluating the actual status of Internet access among adult AD patients.…”

confidence: 99%

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The Status of Internet Access in Adult Patients with Atopic Dermatitis in Japan

Asai

Kotani

Kurozawa

2006

Tohoku J. Exp. Med.

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The Internet has provided open access to health-and disease-related information for people with chronic diseases. Atopic dermatitis (AD) is mostly chronic, and the treatment of AD often requests some self-management such as skin care. For this situation, adult AD patients may have a motive of obtaining information on AD from various sources such as the Internet. Although the status of Internet access among AD patients has not been thoroughly investigated, knowledge about this status may be useful to understand AD patients in primary care. We studied the actual status among 62 adult Japanese outpatients with AD (male : female = 29 : 33; mean age [± S.D.]: 27.8 ± 7.9 years). All 62 patients owned cellular phones, while 51 subjects (82.3%) owned personal computers (PCs). Internet web-site information on both general health and AD was more commonly accessed via PCs rather than cellular phones, but the access rates via PCs were only 35.3% among all users of PCs. When AD patients assessed the extent of credibility of web site information on AD on a scale of 0 to 100 points, it was at best 52.4 ± 19.8 points. Moreover, both the duration and severity of AD had a positive influence on the credibility of information on AD. These results suggest that Internet access is not common and the information is not necessarily credible among adult AD patients in Japan, and that more consideration is needed for the Internet to become a powerful and vital source to support health care for AD.

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The Status of Internet Access in Adult Patients with Atopic Dermatitis in Japan

Asai

Kotani

Kurozawa

2006

Tohoku J. Exp. Med.

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“…Ikemba et al (2002) found that people are increasingly using the Internet to educate themselves about heart disease. ScherrerBannerman et al (2000) tested the impact of a web-based education and support programme for patients on the cardiac surgery waiting list.…”

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Enabling healthy choices: is ICT the highway to health improvement?

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a b s t r a c t The White Paper Choosing health acknowledges that there is no lack of information in the system about healthy lifestyles, but the manner of communication of risk and the level of support for lifestyle change need improvement. Action also has to be taken to address inequalities in health and to focus on securing better access to healthier choices for people in disadvantaged groups or areas. Accordingly, this randomized controlled trial examined whether access to a purpose-built health portal for heart disease could enable patients to manage better their heart conditions. We recruited 108 men and women aged 50-74 from coronary heart disease registries from a deprived area of Greater Manchester. Every participant received a new computer and one-year broadband subscription; however, only the experimental group received access to the Hearts of Salford health portal. Our results indicate that the experimental group changed their diet significantly. Specifi cally, they reported eating 'bad foods' (such as chips, sweets, crisps, fried foods, ready meals and cakes/biscuits) signifi cantly less often compared to the controls.

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“…There is also a burgeoning body of literature exploring patient use of the Internet for healthcare information. Most of these focused on disease-specific issues or special populations, such as cancer patients, 10 -12 surgery patients, [13][14][15] gastroenterology clinic patients, 16 rheumatology clinic patients, 17 otolaryngology out-patients, 18 glaucoma patients, 19 and fertility clinic patients, 20 among others. Few have looked at these issues with respect to a diverse, primary care population.…”

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Family Medicine Patients' Use of the Internet for Health Information: A MetroNet Study

Schwartz¹,

Roe²,

Northrup³

et al. 2006

The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

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We explored a diverse sample of family medicine patients' use of the internet for health information. Primary objectives were to determine the extent of access to the Internet, and among those with access, the types of health information sought; how they search for that information; and how they assess the accuracy of the information. We also surveyed the physicians' perceptions of their patients' use of the Internet for health information. Of 1289 patients participating, 65% reported access to the internet; age, sex, race, education, and income were each significantly associated with internet access. A total of 74% of those with access had used the Internet to find health information for themselves or family members. Disease-specific information was most frequently sought, followed by medication information, and then information about nutrition and exercise. Patients determine website accuracy by the endorsement of the site by a government agency or a professional organization, their own perception of reliability of the website source, and the understandability of the information. Almost 90% attempted to verify the information they obtained. A majority had discussed website information with their physicians. The physicians (n ‫؍‬ 92) underestimate the proportion of their patients who used the Internet for health information. A total of 36% of physicians said at least one patient per week brought in Internet health information, and 63% said they had suggested a specific website to their patients. Physicians need critical appraisal skills to determine whether information found by a patient is relevant to that patient's condition and is based on the best available evidence. In addition, physicians directing patients to websites for health information must be confident that the site is maintained and updated by a reliable and credible source. They also estimated that 85% of online women and 75% of on-line men had searched for health information at least once in the past. As more people gain access to the internet, particularly with high-speed connections, the numbers seeking healthcare information for themselves or their family members will likely increase. A number of studies have reported that the availability of internet-based health information to nonhealth professional consumers has influenced patient knowledge and expectations regarding healthcare, as well as the patient-physician relationship. Jadad et al 5 found that over 90% of a sample of cancer-care providers (30 physicians and 37 nurses) reported that patients had brought information from the internet to them for discussion. Murray et al 6 conducted a nationally representative telephone survey of 3209 people: 31% had looked for health information on the internet in the past year; 16% had found health information relevant to themselves; and 8% had taken information to their physician. Although socio-economic factors were associated with looking for health information, it was not related to use of the information. A majority of people who took information...

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Internet Use in Families With Children Requiring Cardiac Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease

Cited by 60 publications

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The Status of Internet Access in Adult Patients with Atopic Dermatitis in Japan

The Status of Internet Access in Adult Patients with Atopic Dermatitis in Japan

Enabling healthy choices: is ICT the highway to health improvement?

Family Medicine Patients' Use of the Internet for Health Information: A MetroNet Study

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