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[Parental enquiries before frequenting the outpatient paediatric orthopaedic consultation--focus Internet].

Abstract：

PURPOSE:Every day several million people are seeking for answers to medical problems via the internet. In particular parents, whose children are affected by systemic diseases, orthopaedic defective positions, anomalies or deformities, use the internet to increase their knowledge. Concerning this situation there is a lack of studies in the current literature. METHODS:We investigated parental preparation to the outpatient paediatric orthopaedic consultation at our University Hospital with respect to internet enquiries or further sources of information using a standardised questionnaire. We assessed age and educational background of the parents, local hardware equipment and general habits of internet use. In particular, we retrieved parental use of search machines (e.g., Google.de, Yahoo.de), general medical websites (e.g., netdoktor.de) and websites from self-help groups (e.g., klumpfusskinder.de). RESULTS:In total, 288 out of 300 questionnaires (96%) were evaluated. More than half of the parents (57%) were over 35 years of age and 78% were women. 82% of the study population had access to the internet at home and 70% used the internet regularly. More than 80% obtained information about the orthopaedic diseases of their child beforehand. Age and educational background of the parents were not significantly correlated with the extent of enquiries (p > 0.05). 90% of the parents, using the internet as source of information, frequented internet search machines; approximately one third used general medical websites. In particular in clubfeet we observed a highly significant (p < 0.001) tendency of parents to frequent websites from self-help groups. 60% of the study population assessed the internet information as useful; 92% will frequent the internet as source of information again. One third of the respondents is going to discuss the obtained internet information with the physician. CONCLUSIONS:The internet is an important source of information for parents in the field of paediatric orthopaedics. Treating physicians will be increasingly confronted with the results of parental internet enquiries.

journal_name

Z Orthop Unfall

journal_title

Zeitschrift fur Orthopadie und Unfallchirurgie

authors

Peterlein CD,Schofer MD,Guntermann LC,Timmesfeld N,Fuchs-Winkelmann S,Schmitt J

doi

10.1055/s-0029-1185898

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2009-11-01 00:00:00

pages

721-6

issue

eissn

1864-6697

issn

1864-6743

journal_volume

147

pub_type

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[Parental enquiries before frequenting the outpatient paediatric orthopaedic consultation--focus Internet].