Twenty-three per cent of those surveyed said following health advice they found online resulted in a bad reaction or had a negative impact on their health.
A new poll suggests more than a third of Canadians say they have no choice but to seek health information online because they don’t haveThe online survey by the Canadian Medical Association and Abacus Data conducted last November found that 37 per cent of respondents used medical advice they found online because they couldn’t access a doctor or a medical professional for help.
The survey of 3,727 adult Canadians can’t be assigned a margin of error because online surveys are not considered truly random samples. “There is no other generation that’s been exposed to so much misinformation, but also had to face the hardship of a health-care system that is overtaxed and not meeting their needs,” Reimer said in a phone interview.
“I don’t think I’ve ever seen it quite as bad as it is right now when it comes to both access to care, but also burnout that we’re seeing amongst our physician colleagues,” said Reimer. “I know we can get things going in a better way for Canadians and for the people who work in the health system, but it’s hard not to feel discouraged.
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