Lea Jane, Lockwood Gina, Ringash Jolie
Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, 5th Floor, Department of Radiation Oncology, 610 University Ave, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2M9 Canada.
Head Neck. 2005 Jan;27(1):8-14. doi: 10.1002/hed.20114.
Computers are potentially powerful tools for patient education. E-health, which refers to health services and information delivered through the Internet, is a growing phenomenon within the health-care field. We sought to describe computer use and interest in e-health resources among patients with head and neck cancer.
A questionnaire was administered to 207 patients with head and neck cancer attending oncology follow-up clinics at a single comprehensive cancer center.
Forty-eight percent had never used a computer; 43% used one more than once a week. E-health information had been sought by 31%. Likelihood to access e-health information increased with education and income but decreased with age (p < or = .05).
Many patients with head and neck cancer welcome information technology, but most prefer more traditional sources of information. Interventions to improve computer access and/or skills are largely undesired. Individuals seem to either embrace technology or not. In this respect, patients with head and neck cancer are similar to, rather than unique from, other patients with cancer.
计算机对于患者教育而言是潜在的强大工具。电子健康指通过互联网提供的健康服务和信息，是医疗保健领域中日益普遍的现象。我们试图描述头颈癌患者对计算机的使用情况以及对电子健康资源的兴趣。
对一家综合性癌症中心肿瘤随访门诊的207名头颈癌患者进行问卷调查。
48%的患者从未使用过计算机；43%的患者每周使用一次以上。31%的患者曾查找过电子健康信息。获取电子健康信息的可能性随教育程度和收入的提高而增加，但随年龄增长而降低（p≤0.05）。
许多头颈癌患者欢迎信息技术，但大多数更倾向于传统信息来源。改善计算机使用机会和/或技能的干预措施大多不受欢迎。人们似乎要么接受技术，要么不接受。在这方面，头颈癌患者与其他癌症患者相似，而非独特。
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