Department of Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway.
Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2023 May 18;302:1021-1022. doi: 10.3233/SHTI230334.
Patient portals hold the potential to support patients and enhance treatment, yet some concerns exist for adults in mental health care and adolescents in general. Due to limited studies on patient portal use in adolescent mental health care, the aim was to examine the interest in and experiences with the use of patient portals among adolescents in mental health care. In a cross-sectional survey, adolescent patients in specialist mental health care across Norway were invited between April and September 2022. The questionnaire included questions on their interests in and experiences with using patient portals. Fifty-three (8,5%), adolescents between 12-18 (mean: 15) responded, of which 64 % were interested in using patient portals. Almost half of the respondents would share access to their patient portal with healthcare providers (48 %) and designated family members (43 %). One-third had used a patient portal, where 28 % had used it to change an appointment, 24 % to see their medications and 22 % to communicate with healthcare providers. The knowledge from this study can be used to inform the set-up of patient portal services for adolescents in mental health care.
患者门户有潜力支持患者并改善治疗效果，但在精神健康护理领域，成年人和青少年普遍存在一些担忧。由于针对青少年精神健康护理中使用患者门户的研究有限，本研究旨在调查青少年对使用患者门户的兴趣和体验。在 2022 年 4 月至 9 月期间，对挪威各地精神科专科医院的青少年患者进行了一项横断面调查。调查问卷包括他们对使用患者门户的兴趣和体验的相关问题。共有 53 名（8.5%）12-18 岁的青少年做出回应，其中 64%表示有兴趣使用患者门户。近一半的受访者表示愿意与医疗保健提供者（48%）和指定的家庭成员（43%）共享其患者门户的访问权限。三分之一的受访者曾使用过患者门户，其中 28%的人使用它来更改预约，24%的人使用它来查看药物，22%的人使用它与医疗保健提供者进行沟通。本研究的结果可用于为精神健康护理中的青少年患者门户服务的设置提供信息。
