Determinants of Internet use as a preferred source of information on personal health

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 723-734

  Lemire, Marc ^a   Paré, Guy ^b   Sicotte, Claude ^a   Harvey, Charmian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c PasseportSanté net   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health consumer; Health information seeking; Internet use; Motivation; Personal health; Trust

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; HEALTH; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INTERNET; METAL ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

HEALTH CONSUMER; HEALTH INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET USE; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL HEALTH; TRUST;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; THEORETICAL MODEL; VARIANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPUTER LITERACY; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTENTION; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); TRUST;

EID: 51249094515     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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