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Non-physicians may reach correct diagnoses by using Google: A pilot study

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dc.contributor.author Siempos, II en
dc.contributor.author Spanos, A en
dc.contributor.author Issaris, EA en
dc.contributor.author Rafailidis, PI en
dc.contributor.author Falagas, ME en
dc.date.accessioned 2014-03-01T01:28:52Z
dc.date.available 2014-03-01T01:28:52Z
dc.date.issued 2008 en
dc.identifier.issn 1424-7860 en
dc.identifier.uri https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/19011
dc.relation.uri http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-58149265122&partnerID=40&md5=4e6bd7b6491dac082ae2da89f4692f36 en
dc.subject Diagnostic test en
dc.subject Differential diagnosis en
dc.subject Public en
dc.subject Sensitivity en
dc.subject World wide web en
dc.subject.classification Medicine, General & Internal en
dc.subject.other adult en
dc.subject.other article en
dc.subject.other confidence interval en
dc.subject.other decision making en
dc.subject.other female en
dc.subject.other health en
dc.subject.other human en
dc.subject.other human experiment en
dc.subject.other Internet en
dc.subject.other male en
dc.subject.other medical informatics en
dc.subject.other medical record en
dc.subject.other physician en
dc.subject.other pilot study en
dc.subject.other prospective study en
dc.subject.other reading en
dc.subject.other Consumer Health Information en
dc.subject.other Decision Support Techniques en
dc.subject.other Diagnosis en
dc.subject.other Female en
dc.subject.other Humans en
dc.subject.other Internet en
dc.subject.other Male en
dc.subject.other Pilot Projects en
dc.subject.other Prospective Studies en
dc.subject.other Students en
dc.subject.other Universities en
dc.subject.other Young Adult en
dc.title Non-physicians may reach correct diagnoses by using Google: A pilot study en
heal.type journalArticle en
heal.language English en
heal.publicationDate 2008 en
heal.abstract Objective: We endeavoured to determine whether individuals who are not physicians are likely to arrive at correct diagnoses by using Internet resources. Methods: In this prospective study four non-physicians used Google to search for diagnoses. They reviewed the 26 diagnostic cases presented in the case records of the New England Journal of Medicine during 2005; they were blind to the correct diagnoses. The main measurement was the percentage of correct diagnoses arrived at by non-physicians by using Google. The diagnostic success of the four non-physicians was compared to that of four young physicians. Results: The average diagnostic success of non-physicians was 22.1% (95% confidence interval [CI] 4.5-39.7%). There was no statistically significant difference between the non-physicians regarding this outcome (p = 0.11). They took 8.9 +/- 6.7 (mean +/- standard deviation) minutes for case record reading and 17.4 +/- 7.9 ininutes for Google searching per case. Non-physicians performed worse than physicians (50.9% [95% CI 37.4-64.5%]) in regard to diagnostic success (P < 0.001). Conclusion: Non-physicians, at least those who have similar characteristics to the participants in the present study, may occasionally reach correct diagnoses by performing a brief web-based search. Doctors should realise that patients may assume a more active role in their health decision-making process and take this development into consideration in physician-patient interaction. en
heal.publisher E M H SWISS MEDICAL PUBLISHERS LTD en
heal.journalName Swiss Medical Weekly en
dc.identifier.isi ISI:000262077600003 en
dc.identifier.volume 138 en
dc.identifier.issue 49-50 en
dc.identifier.spage 741 en
dc.identifier.epage 745 en


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