Research Article
Internet Usage by Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: Implications to Participatory Medicine and Personalized Healthcare
Table 2
Participants' attitudes about information and the internet: number and percentage of patients that agree with attitude statements.
| | Attitude statement | GIU- (%) General Internet Users | MSIU- (%) MS-Internet Users | P |
| | It is easier to find information on MS in the Internet than in books | 13 (93) | 53 (88) | .99 | | It is easier to ask the physician than to search the Internet | 15 (94) | 33 (56) | .005 | | Information in books is more reliable than information in the Internet | 5 (38) | 18 (33) | .75 | | People with other diseases find more information than people with MS | 2 (25) | 12 (21) | .99 | | Information about MS helps me cope with the disease | 7 (47) | 46 (78) | .02 | | Information about MS frightens me | 5 (31) | 22 (37) | .69 | | I search for more information when the disease worsens | 6 (40) | 40 (69) | .04 | | I would be happy to read about how other patients cope with MS | 5 (33) | 39 (66) | .04 | | I would be happy to make contact with my medical team through the Internet | 6 (43) | 41 (68) | .07 | | I feel part of the decision making in my treatment | 9 (69) | 48 (84) | .24 | | The medical team encourages me to look for information about MS | 1 (8) | 14 (25) | .27 | | The medical team is happy to discuss with me new information I found | 6 (50) | 30 (59) | .75 |
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