Online information seeking by patients with bipolar disorder: results from an international multisite survey.
Jörn ConellRita BauerTasha GlennMartin AldaRaffaella ArdauBernhard T BauneMichael BerkYuly BersudskyAmy BilderbeckAlberto BocchettaLetizia BossiniAngela Marianne Paredes CastroEric Yat Wo CheungCaterina ChillottiSabine ChoppinMaria Del ZompoRodrigo DiasSeetal DoddAnne DuffyBruno EtainAndrea FagioliniJulie GarnhamJohn GeddesJonas GildebroAna Gonzalez-PintoGuy M GoodwinPaul GrofHirohiko HarimaStefanie HasselChantal HenryDiego Hidalgo-MazzeiVaisnvy KapurGirish KunigiriBeny LaferChun LamErik Roj LarsenUte LewitzkaRasmus LichtAnne Hvenegaard LundBlazej MisiakPatryk PiotrowskiScott MonteithRodrigo MunozTakako NakanotaniRené E NielsenClaire O'DonovanYasushi OkamuraYamima OsherAndreas ReifPhilipp RitterJanusz K RybakowskiKemal SagduyuBrett SawchukElon SchwartzÂngela Miranda ScippaClaire SlaneyAhmad Hatim SulaimanKirsi SuominenAleksandra SuwalskaPeter TamYoshitaka TatebayashiLeonardo TondoEduard VietaMaj VinbergBiju ViswanathJulia VolkertMark ZetinIñaki ZorrillaPeter C WhybrowMichael BauerPublished in: International journal of bipolar disorders (2016)
Online information seeking helps many patients to cope although alternative information sources remain important. Most patients do not discuss Internet findings with their doctor, and concern remains about the quality of online information especially related to prescription drugs. Patients may not rate search skills accurately, and may not understand limitations of online privacy. More patient education about online information searching is needed and physicians should recommend a few high quality websites.