INTERNET USE BY ORTHOPAEDIC OUTPATIENTS

Internet use by orthopaedic outpatients - current trends and practices.

BACKGROUND The e-patient revolution increasingly enables patients to self diagnose and self educate, influencing decisions affecting their health. This poses a challenge for both patients and health care professionals due to the highly variable and often poor quality information available on the internet. AIMS This study aims to measure the current internet usage in patients attending outpati...

The use of the Internet by orthopaedic outpatients.

Since the development of the world wide web the volume of information available on the Internet to both orthopaedic patients and surgeons has increased enormously. At the end of 2000 it was estimated that 33.5% of the population of the UK were using the Internet on a regular basis. Increasing numbers of patients are said to be consulting doctors with an abundance of information downloaded from ...

Use of the internet by parents of paediatric outpatients.

AIMS (1) To establish how many parents of children seen in paediatric outpatient departments use the internet to find information about their child's medical condition. (2) To ascertain what information is sought and found, and what proportion of all parents had access to the internet at home or elsewhere. METHODS Over a six week period in 2000, parents of children attending general paediatri...

Disparities in internet use among orthopedic outpatients.

Internet access has lagged behind for patients with lower incomes and from certain ethnic groups. This study investigated the possible improvement of access to health-related information on the Internet for all patients in an urban outpatient setting, regardless of socioeconomic background. A 28-question survey was completed by 100 orthopedic outpatients evaluating associations between their ag...

Cost-effectiveness of a physiotherapist-led service for orthopaedic outpatients