Patients' characteristics and rate of Internet use to obtain cancer information.
The aim of this study was to present baseline data on the access to Internet by French breast cancer patients attending genetic clinics and to examine factors affecting Internet health-related use. Twenty-four percent of participants used Internet to obtain information about the disease. This rate was higher among patients with health occupations [adjusted odds ratio (adjOR) 2.6; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.3-5.1], the most highly educated (adjOR 2.1; 95% CI 1.1-4.0) and those under 41 years of age (adjOR 7.3; 95% CI 2.1-26.2). Almost one of every three women was dissatisfied of this source of information.
Mancini
Julien
J
INSERM UMR379, Epidemiology and Social Sciences Unit, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, 232 Bd Ste Marguerite, F-13273 Marseille cedex 09, France.
Noguès
Catherine
C
Adenis
Claude
C
Berthet
Pascaline
P
Bonadona
Valérie
V
Chompret
Agnès
A
Coupier
Isabelle
I
Eisinger
François
F
Fricker
Jean-Pierre
JP
Gauthier-Villars
Marion
M
Lasset
Christine
C
Lortholary
Alain
A
N'Guyen
Tan Dat
TD
Vennin
Philippe
P
Sobol
Hagay
H
Stoppa-Lyonnet
Dominique
D
Julian-Reynier
Claire
C
D000328:Adult; D001292:Attitude to Computers; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005817:Genetic Counseling; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016015:Logistic Models; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors