Naslov
Use of internet and other media to find health information – a study among patients with STI

Autori
Manestar-Blažić, Teo ; Stanić Žgombić, Zrinka ; Laginja, Stanislava ; Brajac, Ines ; Kaštelan, Marija ; Čabrijan, Leo ; Batinac, Tanja ; Skočić Nirvana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, stručni

Izvornik
23rd IUSTI-EUROPE, Conference on sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS, Abstract book. Cavtat / - , 2007

Skup
The 23rd IUSTI-EUROPE, Conference on sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS, Cavtat

Mjesto i datum
Cavtat, Hrvatska, 11.10.2007. - 14.10.2007

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Internet; Information; STI

Sažetak
The use of internet to find health information was studied in different countries and in different populations (i.e. students). Most of the informations on the internet are written in English language, so for people who don’ t know it, these informations are not useful. The aim of this study was to analyze where patients with a STI find informations about STI and health in general. During a 3 months period 49 patients with a STI were diagnosed (age 29.5± 9.8 years), at the Department of Dermatovenereology, University Hospital Center, Rijeka. In the analyzed population, 67.4% of the patients had access to internet at home, 18.4% at school/university and 22.5% at the working place. Among them 92.3% have searched internet for health informations and 84.6% were interested in informations related to STI. In the examined population 81.6% understood English, 42.6% Italian, 22.5% German, 4.1% Spanish and 4.1% French language. Other resources of information were daily journals, magazines, books, television, radio, family members, friends and partner. Also, we analyzed the influence of the source of information on the sexual behavior of these patients (i.e. number of partners, use of condoms). Because many of the patients searched informations on the internet, suitable sites in Croatian should be created for patients and the general population.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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