Communicating about online health information with patients: Exploring determinants among telemental health providers
Objective: To investigate determinants of telemental health (TMH) providers' openness to discuss and confidence to use online mental health information with patients, focusing on providers' eHealth literacy and perceived usefulness of online MH information. Methods: TMH providers (N = 472)...
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| author | Samantha R. Paige Carma L. Bylund Hattie Wilczewski Triton Ong Janelle F. Barrera Brandon M. Welch Brian E. Bunnell |
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| description | Objective: To investigate determinants of telemental health (TMH) providers' openness to discuss and confidence to use online mental health information with patients, focusing on providers' eHealth literacy and perceived usefulness of online MH information. Methods: TMH providers (N = 472) completed a web-based survey with questions about discussing and using online health information with patients, perceived usefulness of the Internet as a source of patient information, and eHealth literacy. Results: Providers were open to discussing online health information with patients if they were not treating substance abuse disorders (b = −0.83), felt the Internet was a useful resource (b = 0.18), and felt confident in their skills to evaluate the online information (b = 0.21). Providers were confident using online health information if they worked in a small clinic (b = 0.37), felt the Internet was a useful resource (b = 0.31), knew where to access relevant online health information (b = 0.13), and had skills to help their patients find (b = 0.17) and evaluate (b = 0.54) online information. Conclusion: TMH providers are likely to use online health information resources if they know where and how to find them and perceive the Internet as a useful resource. Innovation: To effectively discuss online health information with patients, providers require skills to evaluate the information with patients. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a1a5b417534b45f286d693d251fcc0cd2023-06-21T07:01:51ZengElsevierPEC Innovation2772-62822023-12-012100176Communicating about online health information with patients: Exploring determinants among telemental health providersSamantha R. Paige0Carma L. Bylund1Hattie Wilczewski2Triton Ong3Janelle F. Barrera4Brandon M. Welch5Brian E. Bunnell6Doxy.me Research, Doxy.me Inc., Rochester, NY, USADepartment of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USADoxy.me Research, Doxy.me Inc., Rochester, NY, USA; Corresponding author at: Doxy.me Inc., 3445 Winton Place, Suite #114, Rochester, NY 14623, USA.Doxy.me Research, Doxy.me Inc., Rochester, NY, USADoxy.me Research, Doxy.me Inc., Rochester, NY, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USADoxy.me Research, Doxy.me Inc., Rochester, NY, USA; Biomedical Informatics Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USADoxy.me Research, Doxy.me Inc., Rochester, NY, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USAObjective: To investigate determinants of telemental health (TMH) providers' openness to discuss and confidence to use online mental health information with patients, focusing on providers' eHealth literacy and perceived usefulness of online MH information. Methods: TMH providers (N = 472) completed a web-based survey with questions about discussing and using online health information with patients, perceived usefulness of the Internet as a source of patient information, and eHealth literacy. Results: Providers were open to discussing online health information with patients if they were not treating substance abuse disorders (b = −0.83), felt the Internet was a useful resource (b = 0.18), and felt confident in their skills to evaluate the online information (b = 0.21). Providers were confident using online health information if they worked in a small clinic (b = 0.37), felt the Internet was a useful resource (b = 0.31), knew where to access relevant online health information (b = 0.13), and had skills to help their patients find (b = 0.17) and evaluate (b = 0.54) online information. Conclusion: TMH providers are likely to use online health information resources if they know where and how to find them and perceive the Internet as a useful resource. Innovation: To effectively discuss online health information with patients, providers require skills to evaluate the information with patients.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772628223000560Online health information seekingTelemedicineMental healthPatient-provider communicationeHealth literacy |
| spellingShingle | Samantha R. Paige Carma L. Bylund Hattie Wilczewski Triton Ong Janelle F. Barrera Brandon M. Welch Brian E. Bunnell Communicating about online health information with patients: Exploring determinants among telemental health providers PEC Innovation Online health information seeking Telemedicine Mental health Patient-provider communication eHealth literacy |
| title | Communicating about online health information with patients: Exploring determinants among telemental health providers |
| title_full | Communicating about online health information with patients: Exploring determinants among telemental health providers |
| title_fullStr | Communicating about online health information with patients: Exploring determinants among telemental health providers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Communicating about online health information with patients: Exploring determinants among telemental health providers |
| title_short | Communicating about online health information with patients: Exploring determinants among telemental health providers |
| title_sort | communicating about online health information with patients exploring determinants among telemental health providers |
| topic | Online health information seeking Telemedicine Mental health Patient-provider communication eHealth literacy |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772628223000560 |
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