Internet and social media usage of orthopaedic patients: A questionnaire-based survey

Table 1 Questions designed to identify patients’ usage of internet and social media

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Question 1: What’s your complaint?

Question 2: How long have you had this complaint?

Question 3: Have you ever been examined in an orthopaedic clinic?

Question 4: Have you ever had an orthopaedic surgery?

Question 5: Did the internet have an impact on your choice of this hospital?

Question 6: Which one(s) of the following had an impact on your choice of hospital? (you can select more than one option)

Question 7: Which one(s) of the following had an impact on your choice of physician? (you can select more than one option)

Question 8: Have you ever asked an orthopaedist his/her opinion about your disease using the internet?

Question 9: Which options do you prefer to ask an orthopaedist his/her opinion? (you can select more than one option)

Question 10: With which of the following you can describe the answers you were given? (you can select more than one option)

Question 11: Have you ever sent a friend request to an orthopaedist on Facebook?

Question 12: Do you have orthopaedist friends on Facebook?

Question 13: Do you think that orthopaedists should keep in contact with you through the internet?

Question 14: Which one(s) of the following do you use to ask your physician a question? (you can select more than one option)

Question 15: Have you ever attempted to treat your disease/orthopaedic problem based on the information you obtained from the internet?

Question 16: What do you think about having X-rays performed in the nearest hospital and sending them to your physician over the internet for your post-operative follow ups?