Christian Sebelefsky|Jasmin Voitl|Denise Karner|Frederic Klein|Peter Voitl|Andreas Böck
Internet use of parents before attending a general pediatric outpatient clinic: does it change their information level and assessment of acute diseases?
Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna|Medical University of Vienna|Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna|Statistisches Bundesamt|Medical University of Vienna|Medical University of Vienna
seeing pediatrician parents often look online obtain child health information aimed determine influence iuc internet use regarding reason consultation subjective information level assessment acute diseases change assessment secondary objectives identify commonly used online resources factors influence iuc crosssectional observational study conducted general pediatric outpatient clinic located vienna austria anonymous voluntary 14itemscontaining questionnaire served gather data total number 500 questionnaires collected parents attending outpatient clinic 21 use internet appointment iuc common online resources utilized purpose websites run doctors 613 outpatient clinics homepage 563 google 40 wikipedia 325 health advisory services provided doctors 287 health portals 213 health forums communities 188 information level terms reason consultation rated good 506 average 467 insufficient 27 internet users 427 553 19 acute diseases children estimated mild 584 moderate 411 severe 05 internet users 549 451 0 used source information assessment unchanged 828 acute diseases rated severe 138 less severe 34 internet users 792 167 42 internet users nonusers differ respect information level p 0178 assessment acute diseases p 0691 change assessment p 0999 higher education level parents mothers p 0025 fathers p 0037 young age children p 0012 acute diseases children p 0046 predispose iuc common perception online health information might fuel panicmongering could determine link iuc assessment acute diseases information level internet users nonusers differ either research needed clarify causes high low iuc