wonca europe 2014, lisbon: health 2.0
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Health 2.0: characteristics of health-related Internet usersTRANSCRIPT
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Health 2.0:Characteristics of health-related Internet
users
Jiménez Muñoz, Beatriz, Rovira Marcelino, Gemma.Sardenya Primary Care Center, Barcelona, Spain.
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OBJECTIVE
Define the patient profile that searches on Internet about health
issues and the characteristics of these searches.
HYPOTHESIS
Population attended in primary care services uses Internet as a
guide on health issues.
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Internet, health and society. Analysis of uses of health-related Internet in Catalonia
(2009).
The role of new technologies in obtaining information about health and its impact on
the doctor-patient relationship (2009).
Survey about equipment and use of information, technology and communication in
households (INE 2012):
Two out of three Spanish households (68%) have Internet access ( Germany 85%, Sweden
92%, Norway 93%, 95% Iceland ).
More than half also have access from mobile device.
Half of the Spanish population uses Internet daily.
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• Descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in urban primary care
center.
• Every patient over 14 years old who consulted in primary care center
during the period August-November 2012, and agreed to participate
in the study, was selected. All them completed a self-administered
test.
• Initial n of 426 patients. Were included all who completed more than
90% of the test, resulting final n of 418 patients (1.9% void test).
• A descriptive analysis of data was performed.
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Total Group Consultation: Women 55.3%, 49 years (SD 19.09).
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0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Prognosis and complications
Alternative therapies
67,9%
46,4%
34,8%
28,6%
27,7%
Nutrition
Treatments and side effects
Symptoms
Most searched issues:
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health 2.0Most searched issues:
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salud 2.0
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90% Web search engines
Qualified health webs
Forums and patients associations
19,2%
37,9%
85,7%
Ways of search:
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• 45.4% searched information before doctor visit and 46.3% did so after.
• 22.6% used the information found to make health decisions by their own.
• 22.1% always share the information found with their doctor.
• 78.6% would like their doctor advise them how to perform Internet search in the right
way.
50%
55%
60%
65%
70% Easily understandable69,1%
Interesting64,5%
Reliable59%
Information found:
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Lack of interest (43.8%)
No computer, Internet access
or computer skills (46.4%)
Patients who don´t use Internet for health:
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More than half of our patients use Internet for health
searches.
Top searches are related with symptoms and
treatments, found through web search engines.
Only a few share the information consulted with the
doctor, but most them would like advices about health-
related Internet searches.
WWW
The profile of these patients is young people with
medium-high educational level.
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