Psychometric evaluation of the health information orientation scale: A brief measure for assessing health information engagement and apprehension

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 721-730

  Dubenske, Lori L ^a   Burke Beckjord, Ellen ^b   Hawkins, Robert P ^a   Gustafson, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Caregivers; Information; Information seeking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CAREGIVER; COMPETENCE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEALTH INFORMATION ORIENTATION SCALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY;

AGED; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69049118128     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105309338892     Document Type: Article

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