Internet use and perceptions of information reliability by parents in a neonatal intensive care unit.
J Perinatol
; 23(5): 420-4, 2003.
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| ID: mdl-12847540
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To assess Internet use and perceptions of formation reliability by parents in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). STUDYDESIGN:
A standardized questionnaire study.RESULTS:
A total of 100 parents were approached and 90% participated. In all, 79% owned a computer, 85.5% had Internet access, and 75.5% regularly spent >1 to 2 hour/day on the computer. There was a significant reduction in the proportion of parents using the Internet after birth of their baby (before birth nonmedical searches 84% and medical searches 47%; after birth nonmedical searches 40% and medical searches 29%; p<0.0001 and <0.03, respectively). Internet access was more likely in those with higher level of education (p=0.006) and fluency in reading English (p=0.05). In all, 80% considered the NICU doctors as a reliable source of medical information compared with 10% in the case of the Internet.CONCLUSIONS:
Although a considerable proportion of parents use the Internet for medical information, many still view the information obtained as unreliable.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Newborn
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2003
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Article