RT Journal Article
T1 Users evaluation of a Spanish eHealth pediatric website
A1 Nievas-Soriano, Bruno Jose
A1 Garcia-Duarte, Sonia
A1 Fernandez-Alonso, Ana Maria
A1 Bonillo-Perales, Antonio
A1 Parron-Carreno, Tesifon
K1 eHealth
K1 Parents
K1 Usability
K1 Usefulness
K1 Trustworthiness
K1 Accessibility
K1 Young-children
K1 E-health
K1 Parents
AB Background: Parents use the Internet to take decisions about their children's health, but few resources have focused on eHealth technology evaluations from their point of view. Objective: The main aim of this research was to evaluate a Spanish eHealth pediatric website for parents. Methods: A previously validated web questionnaire was used to evaluate five domains: usability, utility, trust and confidence, well-child section and accessibility of the website. Univariate, bivariate and multiple linear regression analyses were performed. Results: 516 users participated in the research and rated the website as usable, useful, trustworthy and accessible. Higher scores were given by the participants who relied most on the Internet for taking decisions about health; by the participants who used a smartphone to access the pediatric website; by the participants who knew the website the longest; and by the participants who had accessed it more times. No differences in the evaluations of the website were found regarding age, education level or household income of the participants. Conclusions: eHealth pediatric websites, written by a pediatrician in an easy to understand language, can be perceived as usable, trustworthy, useful and accessible by their users and consequently help them with their decisions making. Some characteristics of the users are associated with a better perception of these websites. (c) 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )
PB Elsevier ireland ltd
SN 0169-2607
YR 2021
FD 2021-10-27
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10668/24954
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10668/24954
LA en
DS RISalud
RD Apr 17, 2025