泌尿病患者和互联网:社会经济地位和语言技能显著影响使用使用
Rafael Yanes1, Michael Glamore1, Joan C Delto1
1Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, Florida.
Urology practice
|August 10, 2023
概括
英语水平有限的患者和老年人不太可能使用互联网获取健康信息,这突显了患者资源的数字沟. 这会影响他们对手术的理解和准备.
科学领域:
- 医疗信息学 医疗信息学
- 健康差异 在健康上的差异
- 患者教育 患者教育
背景情况:
- 患者在互联网上获取健康信息受到各种因素的影响.
- 社会经济地位和语言能力是患者获取在线资源的关键决定因素.
- 了解这些因素对于公平的患者参与至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查社会经济因素和英语语言技能对患者使用互联网进行手术信息的影响.
- 确定手术患者在线医疗资源的获取和使用方面的潜在差异.
主要方法:
- 对116名接受泌尿外科手术的患者进行了前性调查,使用双语问卷进行了调查.
- 收集的数据包括人口统计,英语水平,互联网访问和研究使用,焦虑程度和手术理解.
- 在患者招募之前获得了机构审查委员会批准.
主要成果:
- 英语能力较低的患者报告收入和教育水平较低 (p <0.05).
- 有限的英语水平与缺乏互联网接入和用于手术的研究缺乏显著相关.
- 多变量分析显示,较低的英语信心 (OR 2.8) 和较高的年龄独立地与减少用于外科研究的互联网使用有关.
结论:
- 英语信心较低的患者和老年患者显示,在手术前研究中,互联网的访问和使用减少.
- 目前存在着巨大的数字沟,特别是在语言障碍和年龄方面,影响患者获取信息.
- 医疗保健提供者,特别是泌尿科医生,应该通过为英语水平有限的患者提供量身定制的信息和额外的咨询来弥补这一差距.
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