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ReviewWorld journal of clinical pediatrics2021

Influence of education and residence on the parental search for pediatric surgical information on the internet.

Maria Aggelidou, Savas P Deftereos, Dimitrios C Cassimos, Konstantinos Skarentzos, Panagoula Oikonomou, Artemis Angelidou, Christina Nikolaou, George Koufopoulos, Katerina Kambouri

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Review in World journal of clinical pediatrics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maria AggelidouDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Democritus University of Thrace, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece.
Savas P DeftereosDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece.
Dimitrios C CassimosDepartment of Pediatrics, Alexandroupolis University Hospital, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece.
Konstantinos SkarentzosStudent of Medicine, Alexandroupolis University Hospital, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece.
Panagoula OikonomouDepartment of Surgery, Alexandroupolis University Hospital, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece.
Artemis AngelidouStudent of Molecular Biology, Alexandroupolis University Hospital, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece.
Christina NikolaouDepartment of Surgery, Alexandroupolis University Hospital, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece.
George KoufopoulosDepartment of Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, Athens 11527, Greece.
Katerina KambouriDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Alexandroupoli University Hospital, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupoli 68132, Greece. kampouri@med.duth.gr.
University Hospital of Alexandroupolis · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe internet is a valuable tool for access to health-related information. There is limited literature regarding its use by parents of children with surgical conditions.

aimTo investigate internet usage by parents seeking information about the surgical conditions of their offspring in relation to epidemiological factors such as family residential area and parental educational level and to subsequently review the literature regarding this topic.

methodsAn anonymous questionnaire about internet usage was completed by eligible parents of children who were admitted to our clinic for minor surgical procedures during a six-month period.

resultsOur results demonstrated that the internet has been mostly used by mothers for children's health information. Google was the most commonly used search engine, while pediatricians were the first parental choice for 'live' information. Only one-quarter of the parents informed their doctor about the information found online. Nine of ten parents had a positive opinion of an official website managed by the doctors of our clinic. Our results mostly agreed with the international literature.

conclusionIn conclusion, the establishment of official websites (designed and managed by specialists) that parents can access to receive appropriate health information is mandatory in the internet era.

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