Influence of education and residence on the parental search for pediatric surgical information on the internet

作     者：Maria Aggelidou Savas P Deftereos Dimitrios C Cassimos Konstantinos Skarentzos Panagoula Oikonomou Artemis Angelidou Christina Nikolaou George Koufopoulos Katerina Kambouri 

作者机构：Department of Pediatric SurgeryDemocritus University of ThraceUniversity Hospital of AlexandroupolisAlexandroupolis 68100Greece Department of RadiologyUniversity Hospital of AlexandroupolisDemocritus University of ThraceAlexandroupolis 68100Greece Department of PediatricsAlexandroupolis University HospitalAlexandroupolis 68100Greece Student of MedicineAlexandroupolis University HospitalAlexandroupolis 68100Greece Department of SurgeryAlexandroupolis University HospitalAlexandroupolis 68100Greece Student of Molecular BiologyAlexandroupolis University HospitalAlexandroupolis 68100Greece Department of SurgeryLaiko General HospitalAthens 11527Greece Department of Pediatric SurgeryAlexandroupoli University HospitalDemocritus University of ThraceAlexandroupoli 68132Greece 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Clinical Pediatrics》 (世界临床儿科杂志)

年 卷 期：2021年第10卷第5期

页      面：93-105页

学科分类：08[工学] 080402[工学-测试计量技术及仪器] 0804[工学-仪器科学与技术] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Internet Child Health Mothers Fathers 

摘      要：BACKGROUND The internet is a valuable tool for access to health-related *** is limited literature regarding its use by parents of children with surgical *** To investigate internet usage by parents seeking information about the surgical conditions of their offspring in relation to epidemiological factors such as family residential area and parental educational level and to subsequently review the literature regarding this *** An anonymous questionnaire about internet usage was completed by eligible parents of children who were admitted to our clinic for minor surgical procedures during a six-month *** Our results demonstrated that the internet has been mostly used by mothers for children’s health *** was the most commonly used search engine,while pediatricians were the first parental choice for‘live’*** one-quarter of the parents informed their doctor about the information found *** of ten parents had a positive opinion of an official website managed by the doctors of our *** results mostly agreed with the international *** In conclusion,the establishment of official websites(designed and managed by specialists)that parents can access to receive appropriate health information is mandatory in the internet era.