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The Impact of Electronic Media on Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Patients with chronic illnesses, such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), may often consult the internet, which can cause anguish, fear, stress and anxiety. The aim of our study is to evaluate the use of the internet and its effects on patients with IBD. PATIENTS AND ME...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7920746/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33664603 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S285088 |
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author | Cury, Dídia B Paez, Loyná E Flores Micheletti, Ana C Reis, Sabrina T |
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description | INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Patients with chronic illnesses, such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), may often consult the internet, which can cause anguish, fear, stress and anxiety. The aim of our study is to evaluate the use of the internet and its effects on patients with IBD. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This is a descriptive, cross-sectional study with quantitative frequency analysis. We applied a questionnaire comprising questions about internet use, and the DASS21 questionnaire to analyze internet impact on patients’ stress and/or anxiety for 36 months. RESULTS: A total of 104 patients were included over a period of 45 days (82% CD, 18% UC). The mean age was 41.3 years (±15.9 years). Internet use was more frequent in patients with a mean age of 39.5 years (±14.4 years), with the highest frequencies found in the age group of 26–36 years. Internet use were related to: 72.6% general information about the disease, 87.3% symptom information (42.1% once a week, 27.4% never, 18.8% once a month, 10.5% daily, and 3.2% twice a day). The most visited search engine was Google 63.7% and the most visited sites were: patient group sites 16.7%, health sites 16.2% medical sites 12.8%. CONCLUSION: The internet is often a resource utilized by patients with IBD and although these patients sought to obtain more information about their disease and their symptoms. The internet was not a factor influencing anxiety and stress for these patients. |
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spelling | pubmed-79207462021-03-03 The Impact of Electronic Media on Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Cury, Dídia B Paez, Loyná E Flores Micheletti, Ana C Reis, Sabrina T Risk Manag Healthc Policy Original Research INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Patients with chronic illnesses, such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), may often consult the internet, which can cause anguish, fear, stress and anxiety. The aim of our study is to evaluate the use of the internet and its effects on patients with IBD. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This is a descriptive, cross-sectional study with quantitative frequency analysis. We applied a questionnaire comprising questions about internet use, and the DASS21 questionnaire to analyze internet impact on patients’ stress and/or anxiety for 36 months. RESULTS: A total of 104 patients were included over a period of 45 days (82% CD, 18% UC). The mean age was 41.3 years (±15.9 years). Internet use was more frequent in patients with a mean age of 39.5 years (±14.4 years), with the highest frequencies found in the age group of 26–36 years. Internet use were related to: 72.6% general information about the disease, 87.3% symptom information (42.1% once a week, 27.4% never, 18.8% once a month, 10.5% daily, and 3.2% twice a day). The most visited search engine was Google 63.7% and the most visited sites were: patient group sites 16.7%, health sites 16.2% medical sites 12.8%. CONCLUSION: The internet is often a resource utilized by patients with IBD and although these patients sought to obtain more information about their disease and their symptoms. The internet was not a factor influencing anxiety and stress for these patients. Dove 2021-02-25 /pmc/articles/PMC7920746/ /pubmed/33664603 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S285088 Text en © 2021 Cury et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php). |
spellingShingle | Original Research Cury, Dídia B Paez, Loyná E Flores Micheletti, Ana C Reis, Sabrina T The Impact of Electronic Media on Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
title | The Impact of Electronic Media on Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
title_full | The Impact of Electronic Media on Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
title_fullStr | The Impact of Electronic Media on Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
title_full_unstemmed | The Impact of Electronic Media on Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
title_short | The Impact of Electronic Media on Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
title_sort | impact of electronic media on patients with inflammatory bowel disease |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7920746/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33664603 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S285088 |
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