A Study on Acne Patients’ Levels of Obtaining Information Through Social Media and Applying These Information
| Autor: | Sibel Berksoy Hayta, Zekiye Tamergencer |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Turkish |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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| Zdroj: | Erciyes İletişim Dergisi, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 527-538 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1308-3198 2667-5811 |
| DOI: | 10.17680/erciyesiletisim.461919 |
| Popis: | The purpose of this study is to determine the level and way of the internet usage for reaching alternative methods, the level of obtaining information about the treatment of acne vulgaris (AV), i.e. pustule through social media, and the level of using this acquired information in patients diagnosed with AV which is known as pustule colloquially. In the study, the face-to-face interview technique was applied to a total of 121 patients diagnosed with AV who applied to Dermatology Outpatient Clinic of Sivas Cumhuriyet University. An interview form questioning the patients’ socio-demographic characteristics, frequency of using internet and media, their social media accounts, their level of searching about their diseases through these tools, their level of acquiring information and status of realizing them as well as acne severity (PA), Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) and Acne-Specific Quality of Life Index (AQOL) was applied to the patients. The interviewed patients’ levels of following the contents in the social and traditional media about the acne disease were found to be high, 51.2% of them were following the contents about the disease, and 55.4% were applying what they learnt. Variables of purchasing products at least once from the social media for the acne disease (p=0.026 |
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