Patients and the Internet: A demographic study of a cohort of orthopaedic out-patients

Jariwala, Arpit; Kandasamy, Mohanakrishnan; Abboud, Rasha; Wigderowitz, C.

doi:10.1016/s1479-666x(04)80053-2

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“…It is clear from previous work that patients access the internet to research their orthopedic condition [3][4][5][6][7][8]. Patients presenting to outpatient clinics with low back pain have previously showed a non-significant trend (p [ 0.05) towards greater use of the internet as an informationseeking tool-a finding reproduced in previous work from our unit (unpublished data) [3].…”

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Prevalence of Internet use amongst an elective spinal surgery outpatient population

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Nationally 62% of individuals in Ireland have internet access. Previous published work has suggested that internet use is higher among those with low back pain. We aimed to determine the levels of internet access and use amongst an elective spinal outpatient population and determine what characteristics influence these. We distributed a self-designed questionnaire to patients attending elective spinal outpatient clinics. Data including demographics, history of surgery, number of visits, level of satisfaction with previous consultations, access to the internet, possession of health insurance, and details regarding use of the internet to research one's spinal complaint were collected. 213 patients completed the questionnaire. 159 (75%) had access to the internet. Of this group 48 (23%) used the internet to research their spinal condition. Increasing age, higher education level, and possession of health insurance were all significantly associated with access to the internet (p \ 0.05). A higher education level predicted greater internet use while possession of insurance weakly predicted non-use (p \ 0.05). In our practice, internet access is consistent with national statistics and use is comparable to previous reports. Approximately, one quarter of outpatients will use the internet to research their spinal condition. Should we use this medium to disseminate information we need to be aware some groups may not have access.

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Prevalence of Internet use amongst an elective spinal surgery outpatient population

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“…Most of these stress the poor quality of online health information, which is deemed overly commercialized and poorly readable even when produced by qualified HCPs [ 19 - 21 ]. Furthermore, despite increasing internet access in the population as a whole, clinicians fear the generalizability of previous findings to elderly patients who may be inexperienced with internet usage [ 13 , 17 , 22 ]. To acknowledge these potential downsides while meeting patients’ demands for online patient education, it is important to systematically examine and evaluate the effects of Web-based educational interventions that are currently in place.…”

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Web-Based Patient Education in Orthopedics: Systematic Review

Dekkers¹,

Melles²,

Groeneveld³

et al. 2018

J Med Internet Res

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BackgroundPatients with orthopedic conditions frequently use the internet to find health information. Patient education that is distributed online may form an easily accessible, time- and cost-effective alternative to education delivered through traditional channels such as one-on-one consultations or booklets. However, no systematic evidence for the comparative effectiveness of Web-based educational interventions exists.ObjectiveThe objective of this systematic review was to examine the effects of Web-based patient education interventions for adult orthopedic patients and to compare its effectiveness with generic health information websites and traditional forms of patient education.MethodsCINAHL, the Cochrane Library, EMBASE, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, PUBMED, ScienceDirect, Scopus, and Web of Science were searched covering the period from 1995 to 2016. Peer-reviewed English and Dutch studies were included if they delivered patient education via the internet to the adult orthopedic population and assessed its effects in a controlled or observational trial.ResultsA total of 10 trials reported in 14 studies involving 4172 patients were identified. Nine trials provided evidence for increased patients’ knowledge after Web-based patient education. Seven trials reported increased satisfaction and good evaluations of Web-based patient education. No compelling evidence exists for an effect of Web-based patient education on anxiety, health attitudes and behavior, or clinical outcomes.ConclusionsWeb-based patient education may be offered as a time- and cost-effective alternative to current educational interventions when the objective is to improve patients’ knowledge and satisfaction. However, these findings may not be representative for the whole orthopedic patient population as most trials included considerably younger, higher-educated, and internet-savvy participants only.

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“…However, despite regular surveys on general Internet use in Germany (TNS Emnid 2006, AG ARD Multimedia 2006, published estimates of the prevalence of the Internet use for general health related purposes are sparse. Studies, set to determine the frequency with which the Internet is used for different specifi c health related purposes, for a long time have only targeted selected groups of Internet users (e. g. chronically ill persons, female AIDS patients, orthopaedic out-patients of particular clinics) and did not provide estimates for the general population (Cline & Haynes 2001;Diaz & Griffi th 2002;Wagner et al 2004;Jariwala et al 2004;Gray et al 2005;Farid 2005). Only recently more comprehensive large scale surveys on such issues have been performed, mainly however, in the US (Baker et al 2003;Cotten & Gupta 2004;Hesse et al 2005;Ybarra & Suman 2006) where the use of the Internet for communication between citizens and their health care consumers has also been already explored (Houston et al 2004).…”

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Use and perception of Internet for health related purposes in Germany: results of a national survey

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Bürkle

Potapov

et al. 2007

Int J Public Health

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Patients and the Internet: A demographic study of a cohort of orthopaedic out-patients

Cited by 24 publications

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Prevalence of Internet use amongst an elective spinal surgery outpatient population

Prevalence of Internet use amongst an elective spinal surgery outpatient population

Web-Based Patient Education in Orthopedics: Systematic Review

Use and perception of Internet for health related purposes in Germany: results of a national survey

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