A pilot study comparing parent and adolescent online health information seeking behaviours in elective pediatric surgical situations
Autor: | Yong Chen, Shireen Anne Nah, Candy S C Choo, Kenneth Pak Leung Wong, Mark Ian Angus, Sophia S M Wong |
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Rok vydání: | 2019 |
Předmět: |
Male
Parents medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Health information seeking Information Seeking Behavior Pilot Projects Health literacy 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires 030225 pediatrics Pediatric surgery Chi-square test Humans Medicine Child Internet business.industry Infant General Medicine Adolescent Behavior Elective Surgical Procedures Child Preschool Family medicine Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Respondent Female 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology Surgery Health information business Elective Surgical Procedure |
Zdroj: | Pediatric Surgery International. 36:227-233 |
ISSN: | 1437-9813 0179-0358 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s00383-019-04592-0 |
Popis: | Little is known of how children seek health information. This study evaluates online health information (OHI) seeking behaviours in adolescents undergoing major elective surgical procedures and compares responses within parent–child dyads. With institutional approval, we prospectively surveyed parents of children admitted to our institution for major elective operations between November 2017 and November 2018, using convenience sampling. Patients aged 12 years and above were also invited. Each respondent completed an anonymized modification of a previously published survey on Internet usage. Chi squared tests were used for categorical data, with significance at P value |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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