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Journal of Public Health 2006 28(3):235-237; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl019
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© The Author 2006, Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Faculty of Public Health. All rights reserved.

Patients’ characteristics and rate of Internet use to obtain cancer information



Julien Mancini, MD, MSc1,2

Catherine Noguès, MD3

Claude Adenis, MD4

Pascaline Berthet, MD5

Valérie Bonadona, MD6

Agnès Chompret, MD7

Isabelle Coupier, MD8

François Eisinger, MD, MSc9,10

Jean-Pierre Fricker, MD11

Marion Gauthier-Villars, MD8

Christine Lasset, MD6

Alain Lortholary, MD12

Tan Dat N’Guyen, MD13

Philippe Vennin, MD4

Hagay Sobol, MD, PhD9,10

Dominique Stoppa-Lyonnet, MD, PhD8

Claire Julian-Reynier, MD, MSc1
1 INSERM UMR379, Epidemiology and Social Sciences Unit, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, 232 Bd Ste Marguerite, F-13273 Marseille cedex 09, France
2 Méditerranée University, Marseille, F-13284 France
3 René Huguenin Centre, "Génétique Oncologique" Unit, Saint-Cloud, F-92210 France
4 Oscar Lambret Centre, Lille, F-59020 France
5 François Baclesse Centre, Caen, F-14076 France
6 Léon Bérard Centre, Lyon, F-69373 France
7 Gustave Roussy Institute, Villejuif, F-94805 France
8 Curie Institute, "Génétique Oncologique" Unit, Paris, F-75248 France
9 INSERM UMR599, Marseille, F-13273 France
10 Paoli-Calmettes Institute, "Oncologie Génétique" Department, Marseille, F-13273 France
11 Paul Strauss Centre, Strasbourg, F-67065 France
12 Paul Papin Centre, Angers, F-49033 France
13 Jean Godinot Institute, Reims, F-51100 France

Address correspondence to Claire Julian-Reynier, E-mail: julian{at}marseille.inserm.fr

The aim of this study was to present baseline data on the access to Internet by French breast cancer patients attending genetic clinics and to examine factors affecting Internet health-related use. Twenty-four percent of participants used Internet to obtain information about the disease. This rate was higher among patients with health occupations [adjusted odds ratio (adjOR) 2.6; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.3–5.1], the most highly educated (adjOR 2.1; 95% CI 1.1–4.0) and those under 41 years of age (adjOR 7.3; 95% CI 2.1–26.2). Almost one of every three women was dissatisfied of this source of information.

Keywords: Internet, patient education, genetic counselling, breast neoplasms, BRCA


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