眼科急诊室患者利用在线资源的使用情况
Jodi C Hwang1, Nicolas A Yannuzzi2, Kara M Cavuoto2
1University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.
Journal of academic ophthalmology (2017)
|June 30, 2023
概括
寻求眼科护理的患者经常使用在线资源,提高他们对高度和低度条件的自我诊断准确度. 与非用户相比,互联网用户更有可能正确识别他们的眼睛诊断.
科学领域:
- 眼科医生 眼科 眼科
- 医疗信息学 医疗信息学
- 患者教育 患者教育
背景情况:
- 患者越来越多地在寻求医疗护理之前利用在线资源获取健康信息.
- 基于互联网搜索眼部疾病的自我诊断的准确性尚未得到充分证实.
研究的目的:
- 调查患者在访问眼科急诊室 (ED) 之前使用在线资源的程度.
- 评估在线资源在帮助患者自我诊断眼科疾病方面的准确性.
主要方法:
- 进行了一项前性调查,其中144名患者提交了眼科ED.
- 调查收集了关于眼部症状,互联网使用和自我诊断的数据.
- 在互联网用户和非用户之间比较了自我诊断的准确性,诊断按敏度分类.
主要成果:
- 三分之一的患者使用互联网进行健康搜索;这些用户年轻,自我诊断更准确 (41%对13%).
- 互联网用户对高 (42%对17%) 和低急性 (41%对10%) 诊断的准确性有所提高.
- 眼状况,结膜炎和视网膜脱落的准确性最高; 梅奥诊所网站用户是最准确的.
结论:
- 在医生评估之前,患有眼部症状的患者利用在线资源.
- 互联网的使用可以提高患者对各种眼科疾病的自我诊断的准确性.
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