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To the Editor: Dr Baker and colleagues¹ found that men use the Internet to search for health information and to communicate with family and friends about half as often as do women.We view these results with concern because, at least in theory, the Internet has been heralded as a potentially powerful tool to help men access information and share it in ways that were not possible before.²

In response to this concern, we conducted a systematic search for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with evidence on the impact of the Internet on men's health. Our results were disappointing. A search of MEDLINE, CINAHL, HealthSTAR, EMBASE, DARE, and PsychINFO using the key words and MeSH terms men, male, Internet, clinical trials, controlled trials, and randomized controlled trials from 1966 to May 22, 2003, yielded 20 RCTs. None examined specific men's health issues or assessed the impact of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Carlos A. Rizo, MD; Alejandro R. Jadad, MD, DPhil, FRCPC
Centre for Global eHealth Innovation
University Health Network/University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario

Siegfried Meryn, MD
Institute for Medical Education
Medical University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria

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