2008
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den072
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Infertility information on the World Wide Web: a cross-sectional survey of quality of infertility information on the internet in the UK

Abstract: Internet resources available to infertile patients are variable. Differences in the quality of infertility information exist between the different types of websites.

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“…Among those who access the World Wide Web, about 60-80% obtain information on health care from Web sites (The Harris Polls, 2007). When they choose treatment, this choice is affected to some extent by information that is obtained through the Internet (Marriott et al, 2008). Access to information can empower patients to make betterinformed decisions about health-related issues andmore actively participate in health care practice (Berland et al, 2001;Ford, 2000).…”
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“…Among those who access the World Wide Web, about 60-80% obtain information on health care from Web sites (The Harris Polls, 2007). When they choose treatment, this choice is affected to some extent by information that is obtained through the Internet (Marriott et al, 2008). Access to information can empower patients to make betterinformed decisions about health-related issues andmore actively participate in health care practice (Berland et al, 2001;Ford, 2000).…”
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“…The infertile couple is no different from other ''e-health users'' (Marriott et al, 2008). Worldwide, about 80 million people suffer from involuntary childlessness (Boivin, Bunting, Collins, & Nygren, 2007).…”
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“…A internet está, cada vez mais, a tornar-se numa ferramenta popular para pacientes que procuram informações médicas (Marriott, Stec, El-Toukhy, Khalaf, Braude, & Coomarasamy, 2008), surgindo, inevitavelmente, como um suplemento à informação recebida pelos profissionais de saúde. A proporção de adultos americanos que utilizam a internet aumentou, drasticamente, de 22% em 1997 para 78% em 2003 (Epstein & Rosenberg, 2005).…”
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“…Cerca de 60% das mulheres utilizam a internet para obter informação de condições médicas, face a 45% dos homens (Huang, Discepola, Al-Fozan, & Tulandi, 2005) A maior parte dos casais inférteis têm acesso à internet e não ficam atrás desta tendência, independentemente do seu nível socioeconómico (Weissman, Gotlieb, Ward, Greenblatt, & Casper, 2000), pesquisando acerca da infertilidade, de avaliações do potencial fértil e de opções de tratamento (Kahlor & Mackert, 2009). Com base na informação adquirida, criam a sua própria cultura em torno da infertilidade, o que pode influenciar as suas escolhas relativamente ao tipo de tratamento a seguir (Ayers & Kronenfeld, 2007;Marriott et al, 2008).…”
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