The Use of Internet to Search for Health Information before Surgery: A Descriptive Study:

Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare

Fazila Abu BakarAloweni¹ 

关键词: health education;    Internet;    online;    pre-operation;    teaching;   

DOI  :  10.1177/201010581102000104

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Introduction:The Internet is becoming increasingly important as a source of health information. In Singapore, two in three households have access to Internet at home and the proportion of Internet users is rising each year1. This study seeks to investigate the characteristic of patients who used the Internet to seek for health information before scheduled surgery and their preferred mode of education from the healthcare professionals.Methods:This study was carried out in a general surgical ward. Using convenience sampling, subjects were asked to fill up a standard set of closed-ended questionnaires, which consist of the patients' demographics data, their perception of using the Internet and their preferred mode of education from the health-care professionals.Results:A total of 107 subjects completed this study. The percentage of subjects who owned a computer and had access to the Internet were 90%. Higher level of education and income were more likely to search the Internet before their operation (p=0.03)...

【 授权许可】

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