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World J Clin Pediatr. Sep 9, 2021; 10(5): 93-105
Published online Sep 9, 2021. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v10.i5.93
Influence of education and residence on the parental search for pediatric surgical information on the internet
Maria Aggelidou, Savas P Deftereos, Dimitrios C Cassimos, Konstantinos Skarentzos, Panagoula Oikonomou, Artemis Angelidou, Christina Nikolaou, George Koufopoulos, Katerina Kambouri
Maria Aggelidou, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Democritus University of Thrace, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece
Savas P Deftereos, Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece
Dimitrios C Cassimos, Department of Pediatrics, Alexandroupolis University Hospital, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece
Konstantinos Skarentzos, Student of Medicine, Alexandroupolis University Hospital, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece
Panagoula Oikonomou, Christina Nikolaou, Department of Surgery, Alexandroupolis University Hospital, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece
Artemis Angelidou, Student of Molecular Biology, Alexandroupolis University Hospital, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece
George Koufopoulos, Department of Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, Athens 11527, Greece
Katerina Kambouri, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Alexandroupoli University Hospital, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupoli 68132, Greece
Author contributions: Aggelidou M designed the article; Deftereos SP and Kambouri K wrote and revised the article; Cassimos DC revised and edited the article; Skarentzos K wrote the article and collected the data for review; Oikonomou P analyzed the data; Angelidou A, Nikolaou C and Koufopoulos G collected and analyzed the data; all authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: This study was reviewed and approved by the medical ethical committee of our hospital.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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Corresponding author: Katerina Kambouri, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Alexandroupoli University Hospital, Democritus University of Thrace, Dragana, Alexandroupoli 68132, Greece. kampouri@med.duth.gr
Received: March 16, 2021
Peer-review started: March 16, 2021
First decision: May 6, 2021
Revised: May 20, 2021
Accepted: August 19, 2021
Article in press: August 19, 2021
Published online: September 9, 2021
Core Tip

Core Tip: The internet is a valuable tool for accessing health-related information. Parents of children with forthcoming surgery often seek online information about the specific conditions and symptoms of their children. Herein, we describe the influence of education and residence on the parental search for pediatric surgical information on the internet in a multicultural region of northern Greece, and we compare our results with the recent literature.