Patterns of Internet and smartphone use by parents of children with chronic kidney disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Smartphones have become a part of universal technology by combining mobile and handheld functions, enabling expanded access to health information sources available on the Internet. The purpose of this study was to describe the pattern of smartphones and Internet use to search for health information by parents of children with chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Methods

In a cross-sectional study, a questionnaire was applied to 111 parents of patients in a Brazilian pediatric nephrology center. Descriptive assessments were performed on Internet use patterns, and associative analyses were made of the influence of the smartphone use pattern on the search for health information.

Results

Of the 111 participants, 91% (101/111) accessed the Internet, 88% (89/101) search

SUBMITTER: Garrido D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6372181 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature