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Välimäki M, Kuosmanen L, Hätönen H, et al. Connectivity to computers and the Internet among patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a cross-sectional study. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2017;13:1201-1209doi: 10.2147/NDT.S130818.
Välimäki, M., Kuosmanen, L., Hätönen, H., Koivunen, M., Pitkänen, A., Athanasopoulou, C., & Anttila, M. (2017). Connectivity to computers and the Internet among patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a cross-sectional study. Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment, 131201-1209. https://doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S130818
Välimäki, Maritta, et al. "Connectivity to computers and the Internet among patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a cross-sectional study." Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment vol. 13 (2017): 1201-1209. doi: https://doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S130818
Välimäki M, Kuosmanen L, Hätönen H, Koivunen M, Pitkänen A, Athanasopoulou C, Anttila M. Connectivity to computers and the Internet among patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a cross-sectional study. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2017 Apr 27;13:1201-1209. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S130818. eCollection 2017. PMID: 28490882; PMCID: PMC5414618.
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Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2017 Apr 27;13:1201-1209. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S130818. eCollection 2017.

Connectivity to computers and the Internet among patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a cross-sectional study.

Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

Maritta Välimäki, Lauri Kuosmanen, Heli Hätönen, Marita Koivunen, Anneli Pitkänen, Christina Athanasopoulou, Minna Anttila

Affiliations

  1. Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku, Finland.
  2. Development Unit, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.
  3. School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR, China.
  4. University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
  5. Social and Healthcare Department, City of Vantaa, Vantaa, Finland.
  6. Administrative Centre, Research and Development, Satakunta Hospital District, Pori, Finland.
  7. Administration Centre, Pirkanmaa Hospital District, Tampere, Finland.

PMID: 28490882 PMCID: PMC5414618 DOI: 10.2147/NDT.S130818

Abstract

PURPOSE: Information and communication technologies have been developed for a variety of health care applications and user groups in the field of health care. This study examined the connectivity to computers and the Internet among patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSDs).

PATIENTS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional survey design was used to study 311 adults with SSDs from the inpatient units of two psychiatric hospitals in Finland. The data collection lasted for 20 months and was done through patients' medical records and a self-reported, structured questionnaire. Data analysis included descriptive statistics.

RESULTS: In total, 297 patients were included in this study (response rate =96%). More than half of them (n=156; 55%) had a computer and less than half of them (n=127; 44%) had the Internet at home. Of those who generally had access to computers and the Internet, more than one-fourth (n=85; 29%) used computers daily, and >30% (n=96; 33%) never accessed the Internet. In total, approximately one-fourth of them (n=134; 25%) learned to use computers, and less than one-third of them (n=143; 31%) were known to use the Internet by themselves. Older people (aged 45-65 years) and those with less years of education (primary school) tended not to use the computers and the Internet at all (

CONCLUSION: Patients had quite good access to use computers and the Internet, and they mainly used the Internet to seek information. Social, occupational, and psychological functioning (which were evaluated with Global Assessment of Functioning) were not associated with access to and frequency of computer and the Internet use. The results support the use of computers and the Internet as part of clinical work in mental health care.

Keywords: digital divide; mental illness; psychosis; survey; technology

Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.

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