ArticleAmerican journal of men's health2017
The Informed Patient: An Analysis of Information Seeking Behavior and Surgical Outcomes Among Men With Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia.
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- Empowering patient choice: a systematic review of decision aids for benign prostatic hyperplasia.BJU international · 2025Pooled it
- Online Health Information Seeking and Preventative Health Actions: Cross-Generational Online Survey Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Understanding holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) recovery: Assessing patient expectations and understanding.Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada · 2022Article
- The Influence of Online Health Information Seeking Before a Consultation on Anxiety, Satisfaction, and Information Recall, Mediated by Patient Participation: Field Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Article
- Patients' perspective on prostatic artery embolization: A qualitative study.SAGE open medicine · 2021Article
- Patients' Convergence of Mass and Interpersonal Communication on an Online Forum: Hybrid Methods Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Article
- Websites on Bladder Cancer: an Appropriate Source of Patient Information?Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2019Article
- Better timing for HoLEP: a retrospective analysis of patients treated with HoLEP over a 10-year period with a 1-year follow-up.Asian journal of andrologyArticle
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Abstract
The Internet has placed considerable information at the disposal of patients, but the sources for credible and accurate information may be difficult for a layperson to discern. Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in elderly men can be treated with different surgical interventions. The purpose of this research was to determine information seeking behaviors (ISB) of BPH patients before and after each type of surgery. All patients who underwent surgical intervention for BPH at a tertiary training center between January 2007 and January 2013 were included in this study. A comprehensive questionnaire regarding their ISB was sent through a third-party survey center. The following areas were examined: (1) the patient's opinion regarding information sources of BPH and its treatment, (2) the extent of ISB for each patient and its relation to the type of surgical intervention he eventually underwent, and (3) the relationship between the extent of ISB and the patient's final satisfaction. The results indicated that the majority of patients felt that it is relatively easy to find information about BPH and its treatment. Most of the patient started with either general online search engines or used the hospital website. Patients who explored more sources of information ended up choosing a more specific and sophisticated procedure. Generally, patients used fewer sources postoperatively regardless of the procedure they underwent. There was no correlation between the extent of ISB and overall satisfaction ( r = -0.0719, p = .1610) and regret ( r = -0.0436, p = .3945).
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