Salo David, Perez Carlos, Lavery Robert, Malankar Aditya, Borenstein Marc, Bernstein Steven
Department of Emergency Medicine, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (NBI) Newark, New Jersey 07112, USA.
J Emerg Med. 2004 Apr;26(3):293-300. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2003.09.008.
This study was performed to assess inner city Emergency Department (ED) patients' use of the Internet to obtain medical information, and patients' interest in being provided medical links by their ED physician to learn more about their medical condition. A convenience sample of inner city ED patients were surveyed regarding computer/Internet access, past searches for medical information, and whether they desired medical links provided with discharge paperwork. Of 328 patients completing the survey, 178 (54%) had computers, whereas 150 (46%) had access to the Internet. Seventy-nine (24%) had previously used the World Wide Web (WWW) to obtain medical information, and 26 (33%) of these reported difficulty in obtaining useful information. One hundred ninety-two (59%) were interested or very interested in being provided links to medical sites. Patients more likely to want medical links were younger, college educated, and in higher salary ranges. There was no difference in desire to be provided links based on number of past medical problems or duration of symptoms. In conclusion, almost half the inner city ED patients in this survey have Internet access and over half were interested in being provided quality medical links as a part of their discharge paperwork.
本研究旨在评估市中心急诊科（ED）患者使用互联网获取医疗信息的情况，以及患者对于急诊科医生提供医疗链接以进一步了解自身病情的兴趣。对市中心急诊科患者进行便利抽样调查，内容涉及计算机/互联网使用情况、既往搜索医疗信息的情况，以及他们是否希望在出院文件中获得医疗链接。在完成调查的328名患者中，178名（54%）拥有计算机，150名（46%）可以访问互联网。79名（24%）曾使用万维网（WWW）获取医疗信息，其中26名（33%）表示获取有用信息存在困难。192名（59%）患者对获得医疗网站链接感兴趣或非常感兴趣。更有可能希望获得医疗链接的患者年龄较轻、受过大学教育且收入较高。基于既往医疗问题的数量或症状持续时间，在获得链接的意愿方面没有差异。总之，本次调查中几乎一半的市中心急诊科患者可以访问互联网，超过一半的患者有兴趣在出院文件中获得高质量的医疗链接。
