Internet Use by Patients with Psychiatric Disorders in Search for General and Medical Informations
| Autor: | Sophie Cochand, Riaz Khan, Aliosca Hoch, Daniele Fabio Zullino, Yasser Khazaal, Mona B. Khankarli, Anne Chatton |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Outpatient Clinics Hospital business.product_category education Population Access to Information Mentally Ill Persons Surveys and Questionnaires Outpatients Internet access Information system Humans Medicine Psychiatry ddc:613 Internet education.field_of_study Internet use Consumer Health Information business.industry Public health Social environment Middle Aged Mental health Psychiatry and Mental health The Internet Factor Analysis Statistical business |
| Zdroj: | Psychiatric Quarterly, Vol. 79, No 4 (2008) pp. 301-9 |
| ISSN: | 1573-6709 0033-2720 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11126-008-9083-1 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND: Internet is commonly used by the general population, notably for health information-seeking. There has been little research into its use by patients treated for a psychiatric disorder. AIM: To evaluate the use of internet by patients with psychiatric disorders in searching for general and medical information. METHODS: In 2007, 319 patients followed in a university hospital psychiatric out-patient clinic, completed a 28-items self-administered questionnaire. RESULTS: Two hundred patients surveyed were internet users. Most of them (68.5%) used internet in order to find health-related information. Only a small part of the patients knew and used criteria reflecting the quality of contents of the websites consulted. Knowledge of English and private Internet access were the factors significantly associated with the search of information on health on Internet. CONCLUSIONS: Internet is currently used by patients treated for psychiatric disorders, especially for medical seeking information. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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