Pistolis John, Zimeras Stelios, Chardalias Kostas, Roupa Zoe, Fildisis George, Diomidous Marianna
University of Athens, Public Health, School of Nursing, Athens, Greece.
University of the Aegean, Department of Mathematics, Division of Statistics and Actuarial-Financial Mathematics, Samos, Greece.
Acta Inform Med. 2016 Jun;24(3):197-201. doi: 10.5455/aim.2016.24.197-201. Epub 2016 Jun 4.
Social networks (1) have been embedded in our daily life for a long time. They constitute a powerful tool used nowadays for both searching and exchanging information on different issues by using Internet searching engines (Google, Bing, etc.) and Social Networks (Facebook, Twitter etc.). In this paper, are presented the results of a research based on the frequency and the type of the usage of the Internet and the Social Networks by the general public and the health professionals.
The objectives of the research were focused on the investigation of the frequency of seeking and meticulously searching for health information in the social media by both individuals and health practitioners. The exchanging of information is a procedure that involves the issues of reliability and quality of information.
In this research, by using advanced statistical techniques an effort is made to investigate the participant's profile in using social networks for searching and exchanging information on health issues.
Based on the answers 93 % of the people, use the Internet to find information on health-subjects. Considering principal component analysis, the most important health subjects were nutrition (0.719 %), respiratory issues (0.79 %), cardiological issues (0.777%), psychological issues (0.667%) and total (73.8%).
The research results, based on different statistical techniques revealed that the 61.2% of the males and 56.4% of the females intended to use the social networks for searching medical information. Based on the principal components analysis, the most important sources that the participants mentioned, were the use of the Internet and social networks for exchanging information on health issues. These sources proved to be of paramount importance to the participants of the study. The same holds for nursing, medical and administrative staff in hospitals.
社交网络已经融入我们的日常生活很长时间了。它们构成了一种强大的工具，如今人们通过互联网搜索引擎（谷歌、必应等）和社交网络（脸书、推特等）来搜索和交流不同问题的信息。本文展示了一项基于普通公众和健康专业人员使用互联网及社交网络的频率和类型的研究结果。
该研究的目的集中于调查个人和健康从业者在社交媒体上查找和仔细搜索健康信息的频率。信息交流是一个涉及信息可靠性和质量问题的过程。
在这项研究中，通过使用先进的统计技术，努力调查参与者在使用社交网络搜索和交流健康问题信息方面的概况。
根据回答，93%的人使用互联网查找健康主题的信息。考虑主成分分析，最重要的健康主题是营养（0.719%）、呼吸问题（0.79%）、心脏问题（0.777%）、心理问题（0.667%）以及总计（73.8%）。
基于不同统计技术的研究结果显示，61.2%的男性和56.4%的女性打算使用社交网络搜索医疗信息。基于主成分分析，参与者提到的最重要的信息来源是利用互联网和社交网络交流健康问题信息。这些来源对研究参与者至关重要。医院的护理、医疗和行政人员也是如此。
