Factors affecting nurses' attitudes in Israel toward patients who present them with Internet medical information
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Nurses regularly encounter patients bringing with them medical data from the Internet. The purpose of the present study was to examine the prevalence of these encounters, nurses' attitudes to these patients, and the factors that might influence their attitudes. A cross-sectional study of a convenience sample of 110 nurses (32 practical nurses, 35 registered nurses and 43 academically trained nurses). The main variables measured were: attitudes toward patients presenting Internet information, professional self-esteem, and three indices of Internet use. The results show that most nurses had encountered patients presenting Internet medical information and held positive attitudes to them. Nurses with such experience had more positive attitudes than nurses with no such experience. Professional self-esteem and indices of Internet use were also positively correlated to favorable attitudes to these patients. Regression analysis showed that professional self-esteem and Internet self-efficacy predicted attitudes to these patients. Since the number of patients presenting Internet information can only multiply, there is a need to prepare and train nurses for encounters with such patients.
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There was an overall positive reaction in nurses' responses to internet-informed patients.
“There was an overall positive reaction in nurses’ responses to internet-informed patients [42, 44].”
Most nurses had positive attitudes (72.7%) toward internet-informed patients.
“Two studies found that most nurses had positive attitudes (72.7%), to internet informed patients”
Nurses previously exposed to consulting with internet-informed patients adopted more positive attitudes than those who had not been exposed.
“nurses previously exposed to consulting with internet-informed patients adopted more positive attitudes than those who had not been exposed [44].”
Positive reactions to internet-informed patients were more common in nurses with academic degrees and higher self-epistemic authority and confidence.
“Such reactions were more commonly found in those with academic degrees and higher self-epistemic authority and confidence [42, 44].”
Nurses with higher computer self-efficacy and lower computer apprehensiveness had more positive attitudes towards internet-informed patients.
“Barnoy et al. [44] also noted that nurses with higher computer self-efficacy and lower computer apprehensiveness had more positive attitudes towards internet-informed patients.”
Very few studies (2/25) included the nurse's perceptions of patients' online self-diagnosis and online health research, with most focusing on doctors.
“Very few studies (2/25) included the nurse’s perceptions of patients’ online self-diagnosis and online health research [42, 44]. with most focusing on doctors.”
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- Authors
- Barnoy, S., Volfin-Pruss, D., Ehrenfeld, M., & Kushnir, T.
- Affiliations
- Tel Aviv University (IL)
- Corresponding author
- Barnoy, Sivia
- Venue
- Nursing Outlook
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2008-11
- Volume
- 56
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 314-321
- ISSN
- 0029-6554 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1986599715
- Cited by
- 19
- References
- 31
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 2 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 1.29
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Nursing Outlook (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Sciences Research and Education
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Keywords
- nurses' attitudes, online health information, professional self-esteem, internet self-efficacy, nurse-patient encounters, nurse training
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Analysis of Variance, Attitude of Health Personnel, Attitude to Computers, Computer Literacy, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Israel, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Male, Middle Aged, Nurse-Patient Relations, Nursing Staff, Hospital, Patient Education as Topic, Professional Competence, Nursing Methodology Research, Linear Models, Self Efficacy, Internet
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