Jenny Jones
Delivering healthcare information via the internet: cardiac patients' access, usage, perceptions of usefulness, and web site content preferences.
Jones, Jenny; Cassie, Sarah; Thompson, Maimie; Atherton, Iain; Leslie, Stephen J.
Authors
Sarah Cassie
Maimie Thompson
Dr Iain Atherton I.Atherton@napier.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer
Stephen J. Leslie
Abstract
OBJECTIVES:
To assess patients' usage of the Internet as a source of personal healthcare information and patients' perceptions of usefulness and content preferences of more locally focused online health-related material.
MATERIALS AND METHODS:
A paper-based survey was undertaken by a convenience sample of cardiac outpatients. Age, gender, Internet access, Internet usage, perception of usefulness of online information, predicted intention to use a local cardiology Web site if available, and preferred components to be included were recorded. Univariate and bivariate statistics were used.
RESULTS:
Two hundred thirty-seven patients responded (62.1% males). One hundred seventy-six (74.3%) used the Internet, with 126 (63%) using it daily. For patients who did not have direct access to the Internet, 26 (50%) had a family member to do this on their behalf. Thus, the majority of patients (202 [85%]) had access to the Internet at home or someone who could access it on their behalf. Internet usage declined with age (Kendall's tau_b=0.321, p
Citation
Jones, J., Cassie, S., Thompson, M., Atherton, I., & Leslie, S. J. (2014). Delivering healthcare information via the internet: cardiac patients' access, usage, perceptions of usefulness, and web site content preferences. Telemedicine and e-Health, 20(3), 223-227. https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2013.0182
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | 2014-03 |
Deposit Date | Feb 11, 2015 |
Print ISSN | 1530-5627 |
Electronic ISSN | 1556-3669 |
Publisher | Mary Ann Liebert |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 20 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 223-227 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2013.0182 |
Keywords | Health care information; Internet; online infomation; user expectations; medicine |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/7548 |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2013.0182 |
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