Professional internet information source used as educational resource for patients with insulin-treated diabetes in the Czech Republic: a 5-year analysis of operations

Brož, Jan; Brabec, Marek; Brožová, Klára; Cibulková, Ivana; Žďárská, Denisa Janíčková; Hartmann, Daniela

doi:10.1007/s00508-015-0946-9

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“…Most Norwegian households (97%) had internet access in 2015 [ 9 - 11 , 14 ], and 78% of the population aged 15 years and older have reported using the internet for health purposes [ 15 ]. In the Czech Republic, more than 25% of insulin-treated patients visited a professional diabetes internet portal in the period between 2009 and 2013 [ 16 ]. However, eHealth use among people with T1DM in Norway has yet to be explored.…”

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Relations Between the Use of Electronic Health and the Use of General Practitioner and Somatic Specialist Visits in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes: Cross-Sectional Study

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BackgroundThe prevalence of diabetes and the use of electronic health (eHealth) are increasing. People with diabetes need frequent monitoring and follow-up of health parameters, and eHealth services can be of great value. However, little is known about the association between the use of eHealth and provider-based health care services among people with diabetes.ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to investigate the use of 4 different eHealth platforms (apps, search engines, video services, and social media sites) and associations with the use of provider-based health care visits among people diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM).MethodsWe used email survey data collected from 1250 members of the Norwegian Diabetes Association (aged 18 to 89 years) in 2018. Eligible for analyses were the 523 respondents with T1DM. Using descriptive statistics, we estimated the use of eHealth and the use of general practitioners (GPs) and somatic specialist outpatient services. By logistic regressions, we studied the associations between the use of these provider-based health services and the use of eHealth, adjusted for gender, age, education, and self-rated health.ResultsOf the sample of 523 people with T1DM, 90.7% (441/486) had visited a GP once or more, and 61.0% (289/474) had visited specialist services during the previous year. Internet search engines (such as Google) were used for health purposes sometimes or often by 84.0% (431/513), apps by 55.4% (285/514), social media (such as Facebook) by 45.2% (232/513), and video services (such as YouTube) by 23.3% (118/506). Participants aged from 18 to 39 years used all forms of eHealth more than people aged 40 years and older, with the exception of social media. The use of search engines was positively associated with the use of somatic specialist services (odds ratio 2.43, 95% CI 1.33-4.45). GP visits were not associated with any kind of eHealth use.ConclusionseHealth services are now widely used for health support and health information by people with T1DM, primarily in the form of search engines but often in the form of apps and social media as well. We found a positive association between the use of search engines and specialist visits and that people with T1DM are frequent users of eHealth, GPs, and specialist services. We found no evidence that eHealth reduces the use of provider-based health care; these services seem to be additional rather than alternative. Future research should focus on how health care services can meet and adapt to the high prevalence of eHealth use. Our results also indicate that many patients with T1DM do not visit specialist clinics once a year as recommended. This raises questions about collaboration in health care services and needs to be followed up in future research.

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Relations Between the Use of Electronic Health and the Use of General Practitioner and Somatic Specialist Visits in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes: Cross-Sectional Study

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“…The number of website visitors correlated with the number of website hits but at a lower level (29 per day average), which is a normal finding. 20 Figure 3 displays the access rates the first month after the website was published. The access rates fluctuated considerably but remained at a similar level 1 month after publication.…”

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“…21 A Czech study evaluated access of a professional Internet information website used as an educational resource for patients with insulin-treated diabetes. 20 This website can also be defined as a specialized information website for a practice-related priority group. Compared with the Czech website access rate (2030 hits in 1 month), the website “www.demenznetzwerke.de” generated 3600 hits during the first month, on average.…”

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“…Visitors are defined by Brož et al. 20 as people who remain on the website for at least 30 seconds. By this definition, the number of users per month was 485 (data on the first year after publication) compared with 870 users during the first month after publication of the website “www.dementnzetzwerke.de.” Based on another definition of visitors by the DemNet-D website project (remaining on the website for at least 1 minute), the data suggest that the access rate of “www.demenznetzwerke.de” can be considered quite high during the first month.…”

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