| Title |
Patients' Use of the Internet for Medical Information
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of General Internal Medicine, March 2002
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| DOI | 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2002.10603.x |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Joseph A. Diaz, Rebecca A. Griffith, James J. Ng, Steven E. Reinert, Peter D. Friedmann, Anne W. Moulton |
| Abstract |
To determine the percentage of patients enrolled in a primary care practice who use the Internet for health information, to describe the types of information sought, to evaluate patients' perceptions of the quality of this information, and to determine if patients who use the Internet for health information discuss this with their doctors. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 8 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 38% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 25% |
| Egypt | 1 | 13% |
| India | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 1 | 13% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 50% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 25% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 13% |
| Scientists | 1 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 535 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | <1% |
| Australia | 4 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
| Nigeria | 1 | <1% |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Korea, Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 509 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 83 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 81 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 71 | 13% |
| Researcher | 55 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 42 | 8% |
| Other | 118 | 22% |
| Unknown | 85 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 178 | 33% |
| Social Sciences | 66 | 12% |
| Computer Science | 44 | 8% |
| Psychology | 29 | 5% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 20 | 4% |
| Other | 89 | 17% |
| Unknown | 109 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
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#2,700,591
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#1,946
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#2,972
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Outputs of similar age from Journal of General Internal Medicine
#16
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