Internet use among inflammatory bowel disease patients: An Italian multicenter survey

Erika Angelucci; Ambrogio Orlando; Sandro Ardizzone; Luisa Guidi; Dario Sorrentino; Walter Fries; Marco Astegiano; Orsola Sociale; Monica Cesarini; Sara Renna; Andrea Cassinotti; Manuela Marzo; Anna Quaglia; Maria Donata Sergi; Daniele Simondi; Piero Vernia; Alberto Malesci; Silvio Danese

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Internet use among inflammatory bowel disease patients: An Italian multicenter survey

Erika Angelucci, Ambrogio Orlando, Sandro Ardizzone, Luisa Guidi, Dario Sorrentino, Walter Fries, Marco Astegiano, Orsola Sociale, Monica Cesarini, Sara Renna, Andrea Cassinotti, Manuela Marzo, Anna Quaglia, Maria Donata Sergi, Daniele Simondi, Piero Vernia, Alberto Malesci, Silvio Danese

Istituto Clinico Humanitas

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BACKGROUND: The internet has been increasingly used as a resource for accessing health-related information. A recent US survey found that approximately half of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients in an IBD clinic use the internet to gather IBD-specific information. AIM: The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of the internet among Italian IBD patients. METHODS: The study was performed in seven Italian IBD referral centers by using a 28-item anonymous questionnaire. RESULTS: In all, 495 questionnaires were returned for analysis, in which 305 of 495 patients (61.6%) indicated that they are able to access the internet. A large proportion used the internet to gather health-related information (180 of 305, 59.1%) and IBD-related information (226 of 305, 74.2%). The use of the internet increased significantly with level of education (P

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1036-1041
Number of pages	6
Journal	European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Volume	21
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/MEG.0b013e328321b112
Publication status	Published - Sep 2009

Keywords

Compliance
Inflammatory bowel disease
Internet

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Gastroenterology
Hepatology

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Angelucci, E., Orlando, A., Ardizzone, S., Guidi, L., Sorrentino, D., Fries, W., Astegiano, M., Sociale, O., Cesarini, M., Renna, S., Cassinotti, A., Marzo, M., Quaglia, A., Sergi, M. D., Simondi, D., Vernia, P., Malesci, A., & Danese, S. (2009). Internet use among inflammatory bowel disease patients: An Italian multicenter survey. European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 21(9), 1036-1041. https://doi.org/10.1097/MEG.0b013e328321b112

Angelucci, E, Orlando, A, Ardizzone, S, Guidi, L, Sorrentino, D, Fries, W, Astegiano, M, Sociale, O, Cesarini, M, Renna, S, Cassinotti, A, Marzo, M, Quaglia, A, Sergi, MD, Simondi, D, Vernia, P, Malesci, A & Danese, S 2009, 'Internet use among inflammatory bowel disease patients: An Italian multicenter survey', European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, vol. 21, no. 9, pp. 1036-1041. https://doi.org/10.1097/MEG.0b013e328321b112

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