Christina Athanasopoulou|Maritta Välimäki|Katerina Koutra|Eliisa Löttyniemi|Antonios Bertsias|Maria Basta|Alexandros N. Vgontzas|Christos Lionis
Internet use, eHealth literacy and attitudes toward computer/internet among people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a cross-sectional study in two distant European regions
University of Turku|University of Turku|University of Crete|University of Turku|University of Crete|University of Crete|University of Crete|University of Crete
individuals schizophrenia spectrum disorders use internet general healthrelated purposes ability find understand apply health information acquire online order make appropriate health decisions known ehealth literacy never investigated european agenda strives limit health inequalities enhance mental health literacy nevertheless european member state varies levels internet use online health informationseeking study aimed examine computerinternet use general healthrelated purposes ehealth literacy attitudes toward computerinternet among adults schizophrenia spectrum disorders two distant european regionsdata collected mental health services psychiatric clinics finland fi greece gr total 229 patients fi 128 gr 101 participated questionnaire survey data analysis included evaluation frequencies group comparisons multiple linear logistic regression modelsthe majority finnish participants current internet users fi 111 87 vs gr 33 33 p 0001 majority greek participants never used computersinternet mostly due perception need countries half internet users used internet healthrelated purposes fi 61 55 vs gr 20 61 ehealth literacy internet users previous current internet users found significantly higher finnish group fi mean 2705 sd 536 gr mean 2315 sd 723 p 0001 upon comparison greek counterparts current internet users internet use patterns significantly different country groups adjusting gender age education disease duration country significant predictor frequency internet use ehealth literacy interest finnish group internet users scored higher ehealth literacy greek group never internet users higher interest computerinternetehealth literacy either moderate finnish group low greek group thus exposure ict ehealth skills training needed population recommendations improve ehealth literacy access health information among individuals provided