Reti Shane R, Feldman Henry J, Safran Charles
Division of Clinical Informatics, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
J Prim Health Care. 2011 Sep 1;3(3):190-1.
Online web-based interventions can be effective ancillary tools for managing diabetes. There is a high prevalence of diabetes in New Zealand Maori, and yet this group has generally been a low priority for web-based interventions due to perceptions of low Internet access and Internet literacy.
To assess Internet access and literacy in New Zealanders with diabetes, especially high-risk Maori.
A telephone survey of all patients with diabetes in an urban general practice. Internet access is assessed by Internet presence in the home, and Internet literacy by the ability to use email and the World Wide Web.
One hundred percent response rate with 68 participants, including 38% Maori. Internet access for Maori was 70% and Internet literacy 41%.
Internet access and literacy for Maori with diabetes may be higher than previously thought. Health policies may wish to focus effective and cost-efficient web-based interventions on this high diabetes risk group.
基于网络的在线干预措施可以成为管理糖尿病的有效辅助工具。新西兰毛利人中糖尿病的患病率很高，但由于人们认为该群体的互联网接入率和互联网素养较低，基于网络的干预措施在这一群体中通常未被列为优先事项。
评估新西兰糖尿病患者，尤其是高危毛利人群体的互联网接入情况和素养。
对一家城市全科诊所的所有糖尿病患者进行电话调查。通过家中是否有网络来评估互联网接入情况，通过使用电子邮件和万维网的能力来评估互联网素养。
68名参与者的回复率为100%，其中毛利人占38%。毛利人的互联网接入率为70%，互联网素养为41%。
患有糖尿病的毛利人的互联网接入情况和素养可能比之前认为的要高。卫生政策不妨将有效且具成本效益的基于网络的干预措施重点针对这一糖尿病高危群体。
