How the Internet influences the relationship between outpatients and gastroenterologists: A multicenter study

Drug, Vasile; Chirilă, Ioan; Albusoda, Ahmed; Băncilă, Ion; Iordache, Sevastiţa; Nedelcu, Laurențiu; Ciortescu, Irina; Bărboi, Oana; Drug, Diana; Dumitraşcu, Dan L.

doi:10.5152/tjg.2019.18353

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“…37 Recent data suggested that IBS patients who searched online for their symptoms received a better collaboration score given by the gastroenterologist. 44 This does not appear to be in concordance with the results presented in this paper. The study we have just mentioned recorded a patient-gastroenterologist collaboration score received by the patient.…”

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“…This result seems to support the strong link, in many studies, between information-seeking behaviors of IBS patients and trust in the doctor. 34,35,39,43,44,52 Other studies have also shown the role of sociodemographic variables in IBS patients. For instance, it has been suggested that IBS patients with a neurotic personality style and a certain sociodemographic profile had a significant impact on patient satisfaction.…”

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“…34 Moreover, in another recent study, it was shown that IBS patients who had searched for their symptoms online were less likely to follow the treatment prescribed by the general practitioner. 44 It was also suggested that the effects of Internet use on physician visits are greater than for those who have low levels of trust in their physician in the first place. 35 Consequently, our results seem to confirm the tendency presented in the literature.…”

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“…They might also be explained by a general more skeptical attitude for those having access to more information. 31,44,50 Another important finding is that younger patients and those with a University degree trusted their gastroenterologist less. This result seems to support the strong link, in many studies, between information-seeking behaviors of IBS patients and trust in the doctor.…”

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“…This is true despite a better collaboration score given by the gastroenterologist. 44 To sum up, the psychological factors that make people rely on Internet health information are complex and interact with eachother. 45,46 This paper had three objectives.…”

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A patient's trust in their doctor is important for an effective doctor-patient relationship. [1][2][3][4] However, trust is a dynamic interaction.Therefore, it is difficult to measure. However, some researchers have developed scales broadly measuring a patient's trust in their doctor in general. [5][6][7][8] These previous scales targeted a patient's trust in their doctor for other specialties than gastroenterology 9-14 or a patient's satisfaction. 15 To date, questionnaires evaluating the doctorpatient relationship in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) include only

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The Effect of Online Health Information Seeking on Physician-Patient Relationships: Systematic Review

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Background The internet has now become part of human life and is constantly changing people's way of life. With the increasing popularity of online health information (OHI), it has been found that OHI can affect the physician-patient relationship by influencing patient behaviors. Objective This study aims to systematically investigate the impact of OHI-seeking behavior on the physician-patient relationship. Methods Literature retrieval was conducted on 4 databases (Web of Science, PubMed, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, SinoMed), and the time limit for literature publication was before August 1, 2021. Results We selected 53 target papers (42 [79%] English papers and 11 [21%] Chinese papers) that met the inclusion criteria. Of these, 31 (58%) papers believe that patients’ OHI behavior can enable them to participate in their own medical care, improve patient compliance, and improve the physician-patient relationship. In addition, 14 (26%) papers maintain a neutral attitude, some believing that OHI behavior has no significant effect on doctors and patients and others believing that due to changes in the factors affecting OHI behavior, they will have a negative or a positive impact. Furthermore, 8 (15%) papers believe that OHI search behavior has a negative impact on doctors and patients, while 6 (11%) papers show that OHI reduces Chinese patients’ trust in doctors. Conclusions Our main findings showed that (1) OHI-seeking behavior has an impact on patients' psychology, behavior, and evaluation of doctors; (2) whether patients choose to discuss OHI with doctors has different effects on the physician-patient relationship; and (3) the negative impact of OHI on China’s internet users is worthy of attention. Due to the low quality of OHI, poor health information literacy, short physician-patient communication time, and various types of negative news, patients' trust in doctors has declined, thus affecting the physician-patient relationship. Improvement of people's health information literacy and the quality of OHI are important factors that promote the positive impact of OHI on the physician-patient relationship.

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The Effect of Online Health Information Seeking on Physician-Patient Relationships: Systematic Review (Preprint)

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Qin²,

Yuan³

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BACKGROUND The internet has now become part of human life and is constantly changing people's way of life. With the increasing popularity of online health information (OHI), it has been found that OHI can affect the physician-patient relationship by influencing patient behaviors. OBJECTIVE This study aims to systematically investigate the impact of OHI-seeking behavior on the physician-patient relationship. METHODS Literature retrieval was conducted on 4 databases (Web of Science, PubMed, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, SinoMed), and the time limit for literature publication was before August 1, 2021. RESULTS We selected 53 target papers (42 [79%] English papers and 11 [21%] Chinese papers) that met the inclusion criteria. Of these, 31 (58%) papers believe that patients’ OHI behavior can enable them to participate in their own medical care, improve patient compliance, and improve the physician-patient relationship. In addition, 14 (26%) papers maintain a neutral attitude, some believing that OHI behavior has no significant effect on doctors and patients and others believing that due to changes in the factors affecting OHI behavior, they will have a negative or a positive impact. Furthermore, 8 (15%) papers believe that OHI search behavior has a negative impact on doctors and patients, while 6 (11%) papers show that OHI reduces Chinese patients’ trust in doctors. CONCLUSIONS Our main findings showed that (1) OHI-seeking behavior has an impact on patients' psychology, behavior, and evaluation of doctors; (2) whether patients choose to discuss OHI with doctors has different effects on the physician-patient relationship; and (3) the negative impact of OHI on China’s internet users is worthy of attention. Due to the low quality of OHI, poor health information literacy, short physician-patient communication time, and various types of negative news, patients' trust in doctors has declined, thus affecting the physician-patient relationship. Improvement of people's health information literacy and the quality of OHI are important factors that promote the positive impact of OHI on the physician-patient relationship. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT RR2-#23354

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How the Internet influences the relationship between outpatients and gastroenterologists: A multicenter study

Cited by 6 publications

References 23 publications

A comparison using standardized measures for patients with irritable bowel syndrome: Trust in the gastroenterologist and reliance on the internet

A comparison using standardized measures for patients with irritable bowel syndrome: Trust in the gastroenterologist and reliance on the internet

The Effect of Online Health Information Seeking on Physician-Patient Relationships: Systematic Review

The Effect of Online Health Information Seeking on Physician-Patient Relationships: Systematic Review (Preprint)

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