A pilot study comparing parent and adolescent online health information seeking behaviours in elective pediatric surgical situations

Wong SSM 1 , Wong KPL 2 , Angus MIL 3 , Chen Y 3 , Choo CSC 3 , Nah SA 4

Affiliations 

  • 1 Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
  • 2 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
  • 3 Department of Paediatric Surgery, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, 100 Bukit Timah Road, Singapore, 229899, Singapore
  • 4 Department of Paediatric Surgery, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, 100 Bukit Timah Road, Singapore, 229899, Singapore. shireen.nah@kkh.com.sg
Pediatr Surg Int, 2020 Feb;36(2):227-233.
PMID: 31654110 DOI: 10.1007/s00383-019-04592-0

Abstract

PURPOSE: Little is known of how children seek health information. This study evaluates online health information (OHI) seeking behaviours in adolescents undergoing major elective surgical procedures and compares responses within parent-child dyads.

METHODS: With institutional approval, we prospectively surveyed parents of children admitted to our institution for major elective operations between November 2017 and November 2018, using convenience sampling. Patients aged 12 years and above were also invited. Each respondent completed an anonymized modification of a previously published survey on Internet usage. Chi squared tests were used for categorical data, with significance at P value 

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