Patient Perceptions and Current Trends in Internet Use by Orthopedic Outpatients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many studies have highlighted concerns about the completeness and quality of information found online and how this may affect patients' education about their medical problems. One aspect of internet usage that has received less attention in the literature, however, is patient perception of the information that is gathered online, and how patients use it related to their musculoskeletal care.

Questions/purposes

The objective of the study is to utilize a cross-sectional study design to describe internet usage and patient perceptions of orthopedic online information and to identify differences in usage patterns.

Methods

One thousand two hundred ninety-six questionnaires were distributed to consecutive patients at orthopedic outpatient clinics which consisted o

SUBMITTER: Burrus MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5617824 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature