Online Tables as part of the paper:
Opinions and e-Health Behaviours of Patients and Health Professionals in
the U.S.A. and Europe.
Melanie Provost, Matthew Perri, Vincent Baujard, Celia Boyer.
Presented on May 7th, 2003, St. Malo
At the MIE 2003 The New Navigators: from Professionals to Patients,
Annual Meeting of the Medical Informatics Europe
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Appendix 1
Table 1 Proportions of Patient and Professional type of Respondents per
location.
U.S.A.
(n=984)
|
Europe
(n=739) |
|
Patients
|
68.7% |
36.4% |
Professionals
Medical or health:
- General Practice
- Medical Specialty
- Pharmacist
- Dentists
- Nurse
- Paramedical
- Med./health student
- Researchers
- Alternative med.
- Information Provider
- Other
|
31.3%
94.8%, (n=292)
8.56%
18.84%
2.5%
0.68%
27.4%
0.68%
1.71%
5.48%
4.11%
11.3%
18.84%
|
63.6%
96.2%, (n=452)
19.03%
46.68%
2.88%
2.66%
5.97%
1.77%
1.33%
4.65%
1.33%
5.31%
8.41% |
Table 2 Search Interests on the Internet
U.S.A.
(n)
%
|
Europe
(n)
%
|
| Patients |
Disease Description
Clinical trials
Medical literature
Support groups
Not Sure
No response
|
(n=676)
68.49
33.14
81.51
27.81
5.92
3.11
|
(n=269)
55.76
21.93
58.74
30.11
13.75
1.86
|
| Professionals |
Disease Description
Clinical trials
Medical literature
Support groups
Not Sure
No response
|
(n=308)
65.91
39.94
90.58
18.18
3.25
2.60
|
(n=470)
57.23
50.21
89.36
16.17
4.26
2.55
|
Table 3 Preferences of Search Tool Type on
the Internet
| General Tool |
Medical Tool |
No Response/
No Opinion
|
| Patients |
U.S.A. (n=676)
% |
39.2% |
28.99% |
31.8% |
| Europe (n=269)
% |
57.25% |
22.68% |
20.07% |
| Professionals |
U.S.A. (n=308)
% |
32.47% |
43.18% |
24.35% |
| Europe (n=470)
% |
29.36% |
54.89% |
15.74% |
Table 4 Patients e-Health Behaviour in Europe and in USA
U.S.A.
(n=676)
%
|
Europe
(n=269)
%
|
| I have discussed the
results of my Internet searches for medical/health information with
my care provider(s) |
69.08% |
46.84% |
| I discuss the drug information
I find with my care provider(s) |
65.98% |
41.26% |
| I have used online medical
consultation services offered by web sites. |
40.83% |
31.23% |
I buy drugs via online
pharmacy services
- From prescription
- Over-the-counter (OTC)
|
17.16%
69.61%
30.39%
|
3.35%
42.86%
57.14%
|
I engage in email correspondence
with my own health care provider(s)
- Occasionally
- Frequently
|
21.3%
(n=115)
88.7%
11.3%
|
19.33%
(n=40)
77.5%
22.5%
|
| I use the web to search
for information on drugs |
82.54% |
69.89% |
| I use the Internet to
seek second opinions on medical diagnoses. |
42.6% |
56.13% |
1Results presented are the proportion of patients
who answered "yes" to the statement.
The rest have either say "no" or not responded.
Table 5 Health Professionals' e-Health Behaviour in Europe and in USA
U.S.A.
(n=308)
%
|
Europe
(n=470)
%
|
| My patients discuss health
care information they have found on the Net with me |
81.17% |
63.19% |
I buy drugs via online
pharmacy services
- From prescription
- Over-the-counter (OTC)
|
15.58%
(n=42)
71.43%
28.57%
|
3.19%
(n=11)
63.64%
36.36%
|
I engage in email correspondence
with my patients
- Occasionally
- Frequently
|
43.51%
(n=103)
83.5%
16.5%
|
50.00%
(n=209)
81.34%
18.66%
|
| I use the web to search
for information on drugs |
86.69% |
81.91% |
| I recommend web sites
to my patients |
74.68% |
56.17% |
| I recommend support group
to my patients |
66.88% |
49.57% |
| I recommend discussion
lists to my patients |
34.42% |
26.6% |
1Results presented are the proportion of patients
who answered "yes" to the statement.
The rest have either say "no" or not responded.
Table 6 Opinion and Behaviour Regarding Accreditation
of Medical Web Sites
U.S.A.
(n=676)
%
|
Europe
(n=269)
%
|
U.S.A.
(n=308)
%
|
Europe
(n=470)
%
|
Do you think the certification
and/or accreditation of medical web sites may reduce the issues [facing
the Internet]2?
- Yes
- No
- No response
|
66.12
28.40
5.47
|
66.54
27.51
5.95
|
64.29
30.84
4.87
|
75.74
18.94
5.32 |
Which of the certification,
accreditations, or trust marks systems below are you familiar with?
- Good House Keeping
- HONcode
- IHC
- NetScoring
- Trust-e
- URAC
- No Response
TOTAL:
|
53.55
47.04
4.88
2.37
18.79
6.95
21.3
100%
|
9.67
49.07
5.58
3.72
11.9
1.86
38.29
100%
|
48.05
58.12
8.12
2.27
20.13
8.12
16.23
100%
|
5.11
64.26
5.74
2.77
6.60
2.34
29.15
100% |
Within the site you visit,
do you advantage the certified ones
- Yes
- No
- No response |
57.84
28.11
14.05
|
54.28
32.34
13.38
|
55.52
26.62
17.86
|
61.91
22.55
15.53 |
1Results presented are the proportions of patients
who answered "yes" to the statement.
The rest answered "no" or did not respond.
2worded in the questionnaire as "issues listed above" which referred
to the previous questions.
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