Kahlor LeeAnn, Mackert Michael
Center for Women's and Gender Studies, Department of Advertising and Public Relations, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1092, USA.
Fertil Steril. 2009 Jan;91(1):83-90. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.11.005. Epub 2008 Feb 20.
To evaluate perceived helpfulness of and reliance on infertility information and support sources and correlates of online information and support seeking among infertile women.
Cross-sectional survey.
Web site of RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association.
PATIENT(S): A total of 567 infertile women responded to an invitation.
INTERVENTION(S): Self-administered online questionnaire.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Sense of being informed, perceived helpfulness of online information, perceived helpfulness of online support, perceived helpfulness of infertility specialist for information, perceived helpfulness of infertility specialist for support.
RESULT(S): The Internet is the most heavily relied-upon source, followed by books and infertility specialists. Sense of being informed was related to patient history, comfort level with doctor, doctor's encouragement of Internet use, and reliance on infertility specialists, but not related to Internet use. Perceived helpfulness of online information was negatively related to reliance on infertility specialists for information and support.
CONCLUSION(S): Providers should consider patients' perceptions of the Internet as an information and support source. Encouraging Internet use may help women feel comfortable talking with providers and asking questions, two major factors that contributed significantly to ratings of specialists and to these women's sense of being informed about their infertility.
评估不孕女性对不孕信息及支持来源的感知有用性和依赖程度，以及在线信息和寻求支持的相关因素。
横断面调查。
美国国家不孕协会RESOLVE的网站。
共有567名不孕女性回应了邀请。
自行填写的在线问卷。
知晓感、在线信息的感知有用性、在线支持的感知有用性、不孕专家提供信息的感知有用性、不孕专家提供支持的感知有用性。
互联网是最常被依赖的信息来源，其次是书籍和不孕专家。知晓感与患者病史、与医生的舒适度、医生对使用互联网的鼓励以及对不孕专家的依赖有关，但与互联网使用无关。在线信息的感知有用性与对不孕专家获取信息和支持的依赖呈负相关。
医疗服务提供者应考虑患者对互联网作为信息和支持来源的看法。鼓励使用互联网可能有助于女性更自在地与医疗服务提供者交流并提问，这是对专家评分以及这些女性对自身不孕情况知晓感有显著影响的两个主要因素。
