Surgical patients' use of, and attitudes towards, the internet for e-patient activities in Germany and Oman.
Communication
Surgeon-patient relationship
e-patient
Journal
Annals of medicine and surgery (2012)
ISSN: 2049-0801
Titre abrégé: Ann Med Surg (Lond)
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101616869
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jul 2020
Jul 2020
Historique:
received:
09
05
2020
accepted:
16
05
2020
entrez:
20
6
2020
pubmed:
20
6
2020
medline:
20
6
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
E-patient activities are known to impact upon the patient-doctor relationship and on surgical outcomes. In Oman, there is no published information about the e-patient. The aim of this study, conducted at two surgical sites, was to investigate surgical e-patients' use of, and attitudes towards, the Internet, and the possible impact on the delivery of healthcare. A convenience sample of 83 German and 93 Omani patients at the two surgical sites were given an in-house paper-based questionnaire, based on e-patient activities described in the literature. Descriptive statistics like means, standard deviations and frequencies were calculated. There were many similarities in usage and attitudes. Omani patients showed much greater knowledge and usage of sites and apps, used the Internet more for health-related activities (26.9% vs. 12.0%), and had a greater proportion of their physician encounters through email (10.0% vs. 4.0%) and social media (15.2% vs. 1.8%). More Omani patients brought information from the Internet than German patients (13.5% vs. 6.0%). Patients from both countries were generally positive about bringing material from the Internet to the consultation. Both sites indicated typical e-patient activity and attitudes as described in the literature. Age and type of condition (chronic vs. acute) may explain the differences to some extent, but this was not consistent. Socio-cultural differences between the two countries may have a great influence on the usage.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32551100
doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2020.05.022
pii: S2049-0801(20)30111-4
pmc: PMC7287187
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
287-293Informations de copyright
© 2020 The Authors.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors report no conflicts of interests, financial or otherwise.
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