Profile of the Users and the Most Visited Topics of a Pediatric eHealth Website
Parents need information about their children’s health, and the Internet has become an essential repository for this information. However, there is almost no information about which topics are the most searched, consulted, or shared, or about the main characteristics of pediatric website users. The...
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| author | Nievas Soriano, Bruno José Castro De Luna, Gracia María García-Duarte, Sonia González-López, María del Carmen Parrón Carreño, Tesifón |
| author_facet | Nievas Soriano, Bruno José Castro De Luna, Gracia María García-Duarte, Sonia González-López, María del Carmen Parrón Carreño, Tesifón |
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| description | Parents need information about their children’s health, and the Internet has become an essential repository for this information. However, there is almost no information about which topics are the most searched, consulted, or shared, or about the main characteristics of pediatric website users. The main aim of this research was to describe the profile of the users of a pediatric website, which topics they searched for, which topics were the most consulted, and which were the most shared. Users’ demographic data were analyzed regarding their use of the Internet to search for information about health. A pediatric website for parents was analyzed. A 26-item questionnaire collected demographical features of the users of the website. Descriptive and analytical analyses were performed. Most participants used general search engines for their health searches, and the most searched keywords were prurigo, barking cough, and laryngitis. The most visited topics were unexplained fever, snots, and laryngitis. The most shared were snots, lipotomy, and dizziness. The users were mainly women (67.8%), with an average age of 38.8 years, and one or two children (89%) with a mean age of 4.6 years. The users who mainly used the Internet for health purposes were women of younger age, and with a higher educational level. |
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| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-127832023-04-12T19:19:37Z Profile of the Users and the Most Visited Topics of a Pediatric eHealth Website Nievas Soriano, Bruno José Castro De Luna, Gracia María García-Duarte, Sonia González-López, María del Carmen Parrón Carreño, Tesifón eHealth mHealth telemedicine pediatrics users profile Parents need information about their children’s health, and the Internet has become an essential repository for this information. However, there is almost no information about which topics are the most searched, consulted, or shared, or about the main characteristics of pediatric website users. The main aim of this research was to describe the profile of the users of a pediatric website, which topics they searched for, which topics were the most consulted, and which were the most shared. Users’ demographic data were analyzed regarding their use of the Internet to search for information about health. A pediatric website for parents was analyzed. A 26-item questionnaire collected demographical features of the users of the website. Descriptive and analytical analyses were performed. Most participants used general search engines for their health searches, and the most searched keywords were prurigo, barking cough, and laryngitis. The most visited topics were unexplained fever, snots, and laryngitis. The most shared were snots, lipotomy, and dizziness. The users were mainly women (67.8%), with an average age of 38.8 years, and one or two children (89%) with a mean age of 4.6 years. The users who mainly used the Internet for health purposes were women of younger age, and with a higher educational level. 2021-11-15T12:08:39Z 2021-11-15T12:08:39Z 2021-10-26 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 1660-4601 http://hdl.handle.net/10835/12783 10.3390/ijerph182111248 en https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/21/11248 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess MDPI |
| spellingShingle | eHealth mHealth telemedicine pediatrics users profile Nievas Soriano, Bruno José Castro De Luna, Gracia María García-Duarte, Sonia González-López, María del Carmen Parrón Carreño, Tesifón Profile of the Users and the Most Visited Topics of a Pediatric eHealth Website |
| title | Profile of the Users and the Most Visited Topics of a Pediatric eHealth Website |
| title_full | Profile of the Users and the Most Visited Topics of a Pediatric eHealth Website |
| title_fullStr | Profile of the Users and the Most Visited Topics of a Pediatric eHealth Website |
| title_full_unstemmed | Profile of the Users and the Most Visited Topics of a Pediatric eHealth Website |
| title_short | Profile of the Users and the Most Visited Topics of a Pediatric eHealth Website |
| title_sort | profile of the users and the most visited topics of a pediatric ehealth website |
| topic | eHealth mHealth telemedicine pediatrics users profile |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/12783 |
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