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Share to Seek: The Effects of Disease Complexity on Health Information–Seeking Behavior [PDF]

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2021
Background Web-based question and answer (Q&A) sites have emerged as an alternative source for serving individuals’ health information needs. Although a number of studies have analyzed user-generated content in web-based Q&A sites, there is insufficient understanding of the effect of disease complexity ...
Ashwag Alasmari, Lina Zhou
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Horse owners seeking online health information: a mixed-methods study

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
BackgroundMany people seek health-related information online, not only for themselves but also on behalf of others who cannot articulate their symptoms.
Laura Haase, Laura Haase, Julia Winter, Sophia Grummt, Martin Sedlmayr, Brita Sedlmayr   +5 more
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Using the ABC theory of emotion to examine the relationship between health anxiety and health information-seeking behavior among the rural population

Digital Health, 2023
Objective The aim of the current study was to explore the relationship between online and offline health information-seeking behaviors, as antecedents and consequences, and health anxiety and related belief factors in rural residents.
Hongcun Gong, Sanhong Deng, Hao Wang, Gaohui Cao   +3 more
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Online Health Information Seeking Behavior among Pregnant Women Referred to Alzahra Hospital, Ahvaz City, Iran

مدیریت اطلاعات سلامت, 2021
Introduction: Pregnant women use the Internet to meet their information needs. Despite the contradictory information on the web, the increase in anxiety and its negative effects on fetal growth and maternal health, the importance of online search for ...
Zivar Sabaghinejad, Fatemeh Baji, Maryam Vejdani   +2 more
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Health Information–Seeking Behaviors, Health Indicators, and Health Risks

American Journal of Public Health, 2010
Objectives. We examined how different types of health information–seeking behaviors (HISBs)—no use, illness information only, wellness information only, and illness and wellness information combined—are associated with health risk factors and health indicators to determine possible motives for health information seeking. Methods.
James B, Weaver, Darren, Mays, Stephanie Sargent, Weaver, Gary L, Hopkins, Dogan, Eroglu, Jay M, Bernhardt   +5 more
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Internet information-seeking in mental health [PDF]

British Journal of Psychiatry, 2006
BackgroundA major use of the internet is for health information-seeking. There has been little research into its use in relation to mental health.AimsTo investigate the prevalence of internet use for mental health information-seeking and its relative importance as a mental health
Powell, J, Clarke, A
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Sexual Health Information Seeking among Mongolian Adolescents

Central Asian Journal of Medical Sciences
Objective: Our study aims to ascertain the types of information sources that shape adolescents’ knowledge about sexual and reproductive health in Mongolia.
Bayarjargal Uuganbayar, Bettina F. Piko
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Consumer Health Information Seeking as Hypothesis Testing [PDF]

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 2008
Despite the proliferation of consumer health sites, lay individuals often experience difficulty finding health information online. The present study attempts to understand users' information seeking difficulties by drawing on a hypothesis testing explanatory framework.
Alla, Keselman, Allen C, Browne, David R, Kaufman   +2 more
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Voice Assistant Personalities for Health Information Seeking [PDF]

, 2021
As voice assistants become increasingly popular, attention has been drawn to their personalities and their impact on trust and likeability. While it has been found that assistant personalities that matched their users in personality were more trusted and liked in an automotive context, other assistive situations have yet remained unexplored. This study
Sredojev, S. M., Stumpf, S.
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Prevalence of 21 Physician‐Defined Severe Toxicities Following Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treatment: Australian Retrospective Cohort Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common pediatric cancer, with an overall survival now surpassing 90% in developed countries. However, treatments are not without adverse effects. In this study, we apply the severe toxicity‐free survival (STFS) framework to determine the prevalence of 21 physician‐defined severe ...
Lane Collier, Brittany Grantham, Camilla Grud Nielsen, Louise Lundgren, Liv Andrés‐Jensen, Kjeld Schmiegelow, Chris Selman, Gareth Ball, Elyse Passmore, David A. Elliott, Rachel Conyers   +10 more
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