Ravi Thomas, Kerrie Mengersen, Rajul S Parikh, Mark J Walland, Jayprakash Muliyil
Enter the reverend: introduction to and application of Bayes' theorem in clinical ophthalmology
Clinical & experimental ophthalmology
recently digital media including internet websites smartphone apps become popular resources parents searching child health care information higher health literacy among parents obtaining adequate health care information making proper decisions may lead improved child health outcomes reduction burden health care professionals however studies examined association provision child health care information apps parents health literacy study aims evaluate whether parents use app provides child health care information associated health care knowledge health literacy emergency room visits children participants recruited checkups 15yearold children health centers within saku city 2022 parents agreed participate included study individuals excluded mother father child smartphone participants asked used oshietedoctor app distributed saku city free charge improve home nursing skills parents guardians sociodemographic data parents children data health care knowledge children data frequency emergency room visits past 6 months health literacy scores hlss parents measured hlseuq47 european health literacy survey questionnaire collected participants crosssectional survey univariable multivariable analyses conducted examine associations app use health care knowledge health literacy emergency room visits total 251 respondents completed survey response rate 251267 94 although proportion health care workers significantly higher among app users among nonapp users p005 participant attributes significantly associated use app proportions participants higher health care knowledge participants higher total hlss significantly higher among app users among nonapp users p001 p003 respectively adjusting potentially confounding covariates proportions still significantly higher among app users among nonapp users p02 p007 respectively emergency room visits significantly frequent among app users among nonapp users p007 univariable analysis association significant p07 adjusting sociodemographic variables study showed significant association parents use child health care information app higher child health care knowledge health literacy use app may lead appropriate health decisions behaviors childrens health care future studies needed evaluate association app use emergency room visits