Online Patient-Provider E-cigarette Consultations: Perceptions of Safety and Harm.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

E-cigarettes are popular and unregulated. Patient-provider communications concerning e-cigarettes were characterized to identify patient concerns, provider advice and attitudes, and research needs.

Methods

An observational study of online patient-provider communications was conducted January 2011-June 2015 from a network providing free medical advice, and analyzed July 2014-May 2016. Patient and provider themes, and provider attitudes toward e-cigarettes (positive, negative, or neutral) were coded qualitatively. Provider attitudes were analyzed with cumulative logit modeling to account for clustering. Patient satisfaction with provider responses was expressed via a Thank function.

Results

An increase in e-cigarette-related questions was observed over time

SUBMITTER: Brown-Johnson CG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5118131 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature