Clarissa J. Diamantidis|Wanda Fink|Shiming Yang|Marni Zuckerman|Jennifer S. Ginsberg|Peter Hu|Yingfeng Xiao|Jeffrey C. Fink
Directed Use of the Internet for Health Information by Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: Prospective Cohort Study
VA Maryland Health Care System|University of Maryland, Baltimore|University of Maryland, Baltimore|University of Maryland, Baltimore County|University of Maryland, Baltimore|University of Maryland, Baltimore|University of Maryland, Baltimore|Baylor Scott & White Health|VA Maryland Health Care System|University of Maryland, Baltimore
health information technology become common care patients chronic diseases however applications employed kidney diseasethe aim study evaluate use website providing diseasespecific safety information patients predialysis chronic kidney diseaseas part safe kidney care skc study educational website designed provide information safety concerns chronic kidney disease phase study participants provided medical alert accessory unique id number safe kidney care website inperson tutorial use internet accessing skc website baseline participants asked visit website enter unique id frequently desired next 365 days annual followup visit whichever occurred first participants visits dwell times specific safety modules tracked using embedded webpage php scripts linked mysql database enabling collection website usage statisticsof 108 phase participants 287 31108 visited website 16 times observation period median followup 365 days median access time 7 minutes per visit range 146 13 minutes per person range 1123 three frequently visited pages renal function calculator pills avoid foods avoid high school education frequent internet use significantly associated website entry p02 p03 respectivelypreliminary results show general interest webbased platform designed improve patient safety chronic kidney diseaseclinicaltrialsgov nct01407367 httpclinicaltrialsgovshownct01407367 archived webcite httpwwwwebcitationorg6kvxfka6m