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

Autor: Rotaru TȘ; University of Medicine and Pharmacy «Gr. T. Popa» Iași, Iași, Romania., Frățilă OC; University of Oradea, 1st Medical Clinic, Romania., Bărboi O; University of Medicine and Pharmacy «Gr. T. Popa» Iași, Iași, Romania.; Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital St Spiridon, Iași, Romania., Ciortescu I; University of Medicine and Pharmacy «Gr. T. Popa» Iași, Iași, Romania.; Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital St Spiridon, Iași, Romania., Mihai C; University of Medicine and Pharmacy «Gr. T. Popa» Iași, Iași, Romania.; Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital St Spiridon, Iași, Romania., Anton C; University of Medicine and Pharmacy «Gr. T. Popa» Iași, Iași, Romania.; Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital St Spiridon, Iași, Romania., Ștefănescu G; University of Medicine and Pharmacy «Gr. T. Popa» Iași, Iași, Romania.; Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital St Spiridon, Iași, Romania., Drug V; University of Medicine and Pharmacy «Gr. T. Popa» Iași, Iași, Romania.; Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital St Spiridon, Iași, Romania.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Neurogastroenterology and motility [Neurogastroenterol Motil] 2021 May; Vol. 33 (5), pp. e13977. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Sep 01.
DOI: 10.1111/nmo.13977
Abstrakt: Background: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) patients' use of the Internet for health information interacts with the way they trust their gastroenterologist. No standardized measure has targeted IBS patients and gastroenterologists specifically, nor their use of the Internet. The aims of this paper were as follows: the development of a scale that measures an IBS patient's trust in their gastroenterologist, the development of a scale measuring an IBS patient's reliance on Internet health information, and testing the hypothesis that IBS patients, who use the Internet for IBS-related information, trust their gastroenterologist less than those who do not.
Method: A total of 82 patients (mean age 49, SD = 14.62) diagnosed with IBS completed two questionnaires: one about trust in their gastroenterologist and the other about the reliance on Internet health information regarding IBS. The two questionnaires were built using current literature as well as our previous qualitative research. The statistical computations were performed using the SPSS 20 program.
Key Results: Both questionnaires proved to be reliable in measuring gastroenterologist-IBS patient trust (alpha = 0.87) and Internet information reliance (alpha = 0.88), respectively. The IBS patients who did not look for information about IBS over the Internet had significantly higher trust in their gastroenterologist compared with those who did (U = 535.5; z = -2.26; P < 0.05).
Conclusions: We developed two ready-to-use scales to measure both the gastroenterologist-IBS patient's trust and the IBS patient's reliance on the Internet. Further studies will be able to explore the interaction among all variables in IBS patients' trust.
(© 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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