Brief Report: What types of internet guidance do patients want from their physicians?
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Objectives To understand what patients expect from physicians regarding information seeking on the Internet.Design Self-administered survey.Setting/participants Waiting rooms of 4 community-based primary care offices.Measurements/main results Of 494 patients invited to participate, 330 completed the survey for a response rate of 67%. Of 177 respondents who used the Internet for health information, only 15% agreed that physicians should ask them about their Internet searches. Most (62%) agreed that physicians should recommend specific web sites where patients can learn more about their health care.Conclusions Primary care physicians should recognize that many patients would like guidance as they turn to the Internet for medical information. Physicians can utilize quality assessment tools and existing resources that facilitate referring patients to authoritative, commercial-free, patient-oriented medical information on the Internet.
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In that survey, only 4.7% indicated their physicians asked them about Internet health information.
“About one-half (51%) of the respondents reported having searched the Internet for health information, but only 4.7% indicated that their physicians asked them about it, and 62.1% agreed that their ''doctors should recommend specific websites where patients can learn about healthcare.''”
From The Empirical Foundations of Telemedicine Interventions in Primary Care (2016) · cites this paper as [43]
In that survey, 62.1% agreed doctors should recommend specific websites where patients can learn about healthcare.
“About one-half (51%) of the respondents reported having searched the Internet for health information, but only 4.7% indicated that their physicians asked them about it, and 62.1% agreed that their ''doctors should recommend specific websites where patients can learn about healthcare.''”
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In a 2005 U.S. survey of primary care patients in Rhode Island, about 51% reported having searched the Internet for health information.
“About one-half (51%) of the respondents reported having searched the Internet for health information, but only 4.7% indicated that their physicians asked them about it, and 62.1% agreed that their ''doctors should recommend specific websites where patients can learn about healthcare.''”
From The Empirical Foundations of Telemedicine Interventions in Primary Care (2016) · cites this paper as [43]
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- Authors
- Diaz, J. A., Sciamanna, C. N., Evangelou, E., Stamp, M. J., & Ferguson, T.
- Affiliations
- Brown University (US)
- Thomas Jefferson University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Diaz, Joseph A.
- Venue
- Journal of General Internal Medicine
- Published
- 2005-08
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 683-685
- ISSN
- 0884-8734 (ISSN-L)
- 1525-1497
- PMC
- PMC1490184
- OpenAlex
- W1970266833
- Semantic Scholar
- e27657728a642667abd6ce77bcecc698cd998cf8
- Cited by
- 83
- References
- 14
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- FWCI
- 9.12
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of General Internal Medicine (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Information Retrieval and Search Behavior
- Keywords
- patient expectations, physician recommendations, online health information, patient information seeking, primary care, health websites, patient-physician communication
- MeSH terms
- Communication, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Patient Education as Topic, Physician-Patient Relations, Internet
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