The influence of digitalization on information-seeking, decision-making properties of patients, therapy monitoring, and patient–physician interactions has and will change the global health sector tremendously. With this study, we add knowledge on the degree of digitalization, digital device availability, the use and availability of home and mobile internet access, and the willingness to use novel forms of patient–physician interactions in a group of gynecologic cancer patients. From July 2017 to March 2022, 150 women with a diagnosis of gynecologic malignancy at the University Hospital of Cologne participated in this questionnaire-based cohort study. Any one of three potential internet access devices (stationary computer, smartphone, or tablet) is owned by 94% of patients and the only patient intrinsic factor that is significantly associated with the property of any one of these internet access devices is age. The Internet is used daily or several times per week to assess information on their disease by 92.8%, 90.1% use the Internet for communicational purposes and 71.9% and 93.6% are willing to communicate with their treating physicians via E-Mail or even novel forms of communication, respectively. In conclusion, the predominant majority of gynecologic cancer patients can be reached by modern internet-based E-Health technologies.
数字化对患者的信息获取、决策特性、治疗监测以及医患互动的影响已经并将极大地改变全球卫生领域。本研究旨在探讨一组妇科癌症患者的数字化程度、数字设备可用性、家庭及移动互联网接入的使用与可用性，以及对新型医患互动形式的接受意愿。自2017年7月至2022年3月，科隆大学医院150名确诊为妇科恶性肿瘤的女性参与了这项基于问卷的队列研究。94%的患者拥有至少一种互联网接入设备（台式电脑、智能手机或平板电脑），而年龄是唯一与拥有这些设备显著相关的患者内在因素。92.8%的患者每天或每周多次使用互联网获取疾病相关信息，90.1%的患者将互联网用于沟通目的，分别有71.9%和93.6%的患者愿意通过电子邮件甚至新型沟通方式与主治医生交流。总之，绝大多数妇科癌症患者可通过基于互联网的现代电子健康技术进行联系。
Internet Access and Use by Patients with Gynecologic Malignancies: A Cross-Sectional Study
肿瘤(癌症)患者之家