Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of the Interior and Administration in Warsaw, 02-507 Warsaw, Poland.
School of Public Health, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, 01-826 Warsaw, Poland.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Dec 6;19(23):16315. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192316315.
The Internet is one of the most popular information sources. This study aimed to assess the public attitudes towards the use of the Internet for health purposes as well as to identify factors associated with the use of the Internet for health purposes among adults in Poland. A web-based cross-sectional survey was carried out between 9 and 12 September 2022 on a nationwide random-quota sample of 1092 adults in Poland. The study questionnaire included 10 questions on Internet use for health purposes. The most common reason for the use of the Internet for health purposes was searching for information on drugs and their effects (69.9%). Almost two-thirds of participants used the Internet for searching for health information (64.9%), for doctors/medical services (63.4%), or for medical facilities (65.3%). Over half of the participants used the Internet for checking online reviews of doctors (55.2%) and 43.5% of the participants ordered drugs or dietary supplements online. Out of 9 different socioeconomic factors analyzed in this study, having higher education, being female, as well as living in cities from 100,000 to 499,999 residents were the most important factors (p < 0.05) associated with the use of the Internet for health purposes. This study confirmed a high level of adoption of medical Internet in Poland.
互联网是最受欢迎的信息来源之一。本研究旨在评估公众对互联网在健康方面的使用态度，并确定与波兰成年人使用互联网进行健康相关的因素。2022 年 9 月 9 日至 12 日，在波兰全国范围内对一个随机配额的 1092 名成年人进行了基于网络的横断面调查。研究问卷包括 10 个关于互联网在健康方面的使用问题。使用互联网进行健康相关的最常见原因是搜索药物及其影响的信息（69.9%）。将近三分之二的参与者使用互联网搜索健康信息（64.9%）、医生/医疗服务（63.4%）或医疗设施（65.3%）。超过一半的参与者使用互联网检查医生的在线评论（55.2%），43.5%的参与者在线订购药物或膳食补充剂。在本研究分析的 9 个不同的社会经济因素中，具有较高的教育程度、女性以及居住在 10 万至 49.9999 居民的城市是与使用互联网进行健康相关的最重要因素（p < 0.05）。本研究证实了波兰在医疗互联网方面的高度普及。
