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MEDICAL INFORMATICS AND THE INTERNET IN MEDICINE
卷 32, 期 4, 页码 305-314出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/14639230701819792
关键词
health information; information seeking; information technology; Internet; patient
The World Wide Web is increasingly an essential resource to obtain information for health promotion. Coherent information is still missing as to whether patients' opportunities to use the Internet and to access health information have changed at the same time. This study examines and compares, between two different time periods, patients' perceptions of Internet use, to obtain health information and associated factors. A two-stage survey design with a non-equivalent group was used. The data were collected with questionnaires from hospital patients during their discharge process and analysed using descriptive statistics. The vast majority of the patients had Internet access either at home or work. The proportion of Internet usage increased during the study period. Patients agree on the importance of using technology for health-information delivery, but they still prefer to receive information from healthcare staff by face-to-face contacts. Well-educated and young respondents reported more frequent access to the Internet.
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