Das, Alexander

Anstey, Matthew

Bass, Frances

Blythe, David

Buhr, Heidi

Campbell, Lewis

Davda, Ashish

Delaney, Anthony

Gattas, David

Green, Cameron

Ferrier, Janet

Hammond, Naomi

Palermo, Annamaria

Pellicano, Susan

Phillips, Margaret

Regli, Adrian

Roberts, Brigit

Ross-King, Michelle

Saroode, Vineet

Simpson, Shannon

Spiller, Shakira

Sullivan, Kirsty

Tiruvoipati, Ravindranath

Haren, Frank van

Waterson, Sharon

Yaw, Lai Kin

Litton, Edward

2019-12

To investigate the use, understanding, trust and influence of the internet and other sources of health information used by the next of kin (NOK) of patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). Multicentre structured survey. The ICUs of 13 public and private Australian hospitals. NOK who self-identified as the primary surrogate decision maker for a patient admitted to the ICU. The frequency, understanding, trust and influence of online sources of health information, and the quality of health websites visited using the Health on the Net Foundation Code of Conduct (HONcode) for medical and health websites. There were 473 survey responses. The median ICU admission days and number of ICU visits by the NOK at the time of completing the survey was 3 (IQR, 2-6 days) and 4 (IQR, 2-7), respectively. The most commonly reported sources of health information used very frequently were the ICU nurse (55.6%), ICU doctor (38.7%), family (23.3%), hospital doctor (21.4%), and the internet (11.3%). Compared with the 243 NOK (51.6%) not using the internet, NOK using the internet were less likely to report complete understanding (odds ratio [OR], 0.57; 95% CI, 0.38-0.88), trust (OR, 0.34; 95% CI, 0.19-0.59), or influence (OR, 0.58; 95% CI, 0.38-0.88) associated with the ICU doctor. Overall, the quality of the 40 different reported websites accessed was moderately high. A substantial proportion of ICU NOK report using the internet as a source of health information. Internet use is associated with lower reported understanding, trust and influence of the ICU doctor.

Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia..

Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia..

Malcom Fisher Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia..

Intensive Care Unit, Armadale Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia..

Intensive Care Service, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia..

Intensive Care Unit, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, NT, Australia..

St John of God Midland Public and Private Hospitals, Perth, WA, Australia..

Malcom Fisher Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia..

Intensive Care Service, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia..

Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Peninsula Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia..

Intensive Care Unit, St John of God Subiaco Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia..

Malcom Fisher Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia..

Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia..

Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia..

Intensive Care Unit, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, NT, Australia..

Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia..

Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia..

St John of God Midland Public and Private Hospitals, Perth, WA, Australia..

Cabrini Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia..

Cabrini Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia..

Division of Critical Care, Canberra Hospital, Canberra, ACT, Australia..

Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Frankston Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia..

Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Frankston Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia..

Division of Critical Care, Canberra Hospital, Canberra, ACT, Australia..

Intensive Care Unit, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia..

Intensive Care Unit, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia..

Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia. ed.litton@health.wa.gov.au..

Critical care and resuscitation : journal of the Australasian Academy of Critical Care Medicine 2019-12; 21(4): 305-10

1441-2772

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31778639/?otool=iaurydwlib

https://hdl.handle.net/10137/7893

Internet health information use by surrogate decision makers of patients admitted to the intensive care unit: a multicentre survey.

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