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Investigation of the Impact of Extracting and Exchanging Health Information by Using Internet and Social Networks
- Source :
- Acta Informatica Medica
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- ScopeMed, 2016.
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Abstract
- Introduction: Social networks (1) have been embedded in our daily life for a long time. They constitute a powerful tool used nowadays for both searching and exchanging information on different issues by using Internet searching engines (Google, Bing, etc.) and Social Networks (Facebook, Twitter etc.). In this paper, are presented the results of a research based on the frequency and the type of the usage of the Internet and the Social Networks by the general public and the health professionals. Objectives: The objectives of the research were focused on the investigation of the frequency of seeking and meticulously searching for health information in the social media by both individuals and health practitioners. The exchanging of information is a procedure that involves the issues of reliability and quality of information. Methods: In this research, by using advanced statistical techniques an effort is made to investigate the participant’s profile in using social networks for searching and exchanging information on health issues. Results: Based on the answers 93 % of the people, use the Internet to find information on health-subjects. Considering principal component analysis, the most important health subjects were nutrition (0.719 %), respiratory issues (0.79 %), cardiological issues (0.777%), psychological issues (0.667%) and total (73.8%). Conclusions: The research results, based on different statistical techniques revealed that the 61.2% of the males and 56.4% of the females intended to use the social networks for searching medical information. Based on the principal components analysis, the most important sources that the participants mentioned, were the use of the Internet and social networks for exchanging information on health issues. These sources proved to be of paramount importance to the participants of the study. The same holds for nursing, medical and administrative staff in hospitals.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Original Paper
Internet
030109 nutrition & dietetics
Health professionals
Computer science
business.industry
Internet privacy
Information quality
Medical information
General Medicine
General Public
03 medical and health sciences
Social Networks
Health Professionals
Social media
The Internet
Health information
business
Sociology of the Internet
Reliability (statistics)
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 03538109
- Volume :
- 24
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Acta Informatica Medica
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8ccf6ffdfd8a0ce34cf6a463a4fa9020