Lim Jeffrey, Phillips Alexander W, Sayeed Rana
Oxford Heart Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust, UK.
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2010 May;10(5):719-20. doi: 10.1510/icvts.2009.228510. Epub 2010 Feb 5.
Internet use has expanded globally over the last 10 years. The aim of this study was to determine the extent that cardiac patients researched their forthcoming procedures using the internet and to determine their perception of reliability. Sixty-eight consecutive cardiac patients (51 men, median age 67 years) were surveyed on their frequency of internet use, whether they used the internet to research their operation and how reliable they regarded the information found. Forty-two patients had access to the internet, 29 patients used the web on a regular basis but 33 reported that they never used the web. Fourteen patients used the internet to research their operation themselves. Patients <65 years were over twice as likely to have internet access (P<0.0001). However, the use of the internet to do research is low irrespective of age (P=0.28). Forty-five patients felt that information found on the internet was reliable. Despite a general increase in internet access, there is still low usage amongst cardiac patients to research their operation. Patients do, however, have confidence in what is available on-line. Patient education by the multi-disciplinary team before surgery remains of paramount importance.
在过去十年中，互联网的使用在全球范围内不断扩展。本研究的目的是确定心脏病患者通过互联网了解其即将进行的手术的程度，并确定他们对信息可靠性的认知。对68例连续的心脏病患者（51名男性，中位年龄67岁）进行了调查，内容包括他们使用互联网的频率、是否使用互联网了解其手术情况以及他们认为所获取信息的可靠性如何。42例患者可以使用互联网，29例患者经常上网，但33例报告从未使用过网络。14例患者自己使用互联网了解其手术情况。年龄＜65岁的患者使用互联网的可能性是其他患者的两倍多（P＜0.0001）。然而，无论年龄大小，利用互联网进行相关研究的比例都很低（P = 0.28）。45例患者认为在互联网上找到的信息是可靠的。尽管互联网接入总体有所增加，但心脏病患者利用互联网了解手术情况的比例仍然很低。不过，患者对网上可得信息有信心。术前多学科团队对患者的教育仍然至关重要。
