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What kind of information and communication technologies do patients with COPD prefer to use? A cross-sectional study in Latin America
The aim of the present study was to assess the frequency of uses and preferences of information and communication technologies (ICTs) among Latin American chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. We conducted an anonymous cross-sectional survey study on Latin American COPD patients. Th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6100163/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29152999 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1479972317741895 |
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author | Cherrez Ojeda, Ivan Calderon, JC Jove, O López Guerreros, A Plaza, Karin J Cano, Jose A Vanegas, E Felix, M Mata, V Calero, E Cherrez, A Simancas-Racines, D |
author_facet | Cherrez Ojeda, Ivan Calderon, JC Jove, O López Guerreros, A Plaza, Karin J Cano, Jose A Vanegas, E Felix, M Mata, V Calero, E Cherrez, A Simancas-Racines, D |
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description | The aim of the present study was to assess the frequency of uses and preferences of information and communication technologies (ICTs) among Latin American chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. We conducted an anonymous cross-sectional survey study on Latin American COPD patients. The adapted version of the Michigan questionnaire was employed in eligible outpatients in different cities of Latin America. We categorized age and educational levels into three groups. The time passed since COPD diagnosis was categorized as ≤5 years and >5 years. χ (2) and crude and adjusted logistic regressions were performed. A total of 256 patients were enrolled with a mean age of 68.7 years old. The most recurrently used ICTs were short message service (SMS; 47.1%) and WhatsApp (30.7%) for receiving COPD information. Moreover, SMS (85.8%) and Facebook (36.1%) were rated as useful for asking physicians information about COPD. Regression analysis showed that the best predictor for patients using ICTs, for any purpose, was higher education (undergraduate or graduate school). Understanding the preferences of ICTs among COPD patients could help improve patient’s outcomes through developing applications in response to specific requirements of each patient. |
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spelling | pubmed-61001632018-08-24 What kind of information and communication technologies do patients with COPD prefer to use? A cross-sectional study in Latin America Cherrez Ojeda, Ivan Calderon, JC Jove, O López Guerreros, A Plaza, Karin J Cano, Jose A Vanegas, E Felix, M Mata, V Calero, E Cherrez, A Simancas-Racines, D Chron Respir Dis Original Papers The aim of the present study was to assess the frequency of uses and preferences of information and communication technologies (ICTs) among Latin American chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. We conducted an anonymous cross-sectional survey study on Latin American COPD patients. The adapted version of the Michigan questionnaire was employed in eligible outpatients in different cities of Latin America. We categorized age and educational levels into three groups. The time passed since COPD diagnosis was categorized as ≤5 years and >5 years. χ (2) and crude and adjusted logistic regressions were performed. A total of 256 patients were enrolled with a mean age of 68.7 years old. The most recurrently used ICTs were short message service (SMS; 47.1%) and WhatsApp (30.7%) for receiving COPD information. Moreover, SMS (85.8%) and Facebook (36.1%) were rated as useful for asking physicians information about COPD. Regression analysis showed that the best predictor for patients using ICTs, for any purpose, was higher education (undergraduate or graduate school). Understanding the preferences of ICTs among COPD patients could help improve patient’s outcomes through developing applications in response to specific requirements of each patient. SAGE Publications 2017-11-19 2018-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6100163/ /pubmed/29152999 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1479972317741895 Text en © The Author(s) 2017 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Original Papers Cherrez Ojeda, Ivan Calderon, JC Jove, O López Guerreros, A Plaza, Karin J Cano, Jose A Vanegas, E Felix, M Mata, V Calero, E Cherrez, A Simancas-Racines, D What kind of information and communication technologies do patients with COPD prefer to use? A cross-sectional study in Latin America |
title | What kind of information and communication technologies do patients with COPD prefer to use? A cross-sectional study in Latin America |
title_full | What kind of information and communication technologies do patients with COPD prefer to use? A cross-sectional study in Latin America |
title_fullStr | What kind of information and communication technologies do patients with COPD prefer to use? A cross-sectional study in Latin America |
title_full_unstemmed | What kind of information and communication technologies do patients with COPD prefer to use? A cross-sectional study in Latin America |
title_short | What kind of information and communication technologies do patients with COPD prefer to use? A cross-sectional study in Latin America |
title_sort | what kind of information and communication technologies do patients with copd prefer to use? a cross-sectional study in latin america |
topic | Original Papers |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6100163/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29152999 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1479972317741895 |
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