Reasons for and predictors of patients' online health information seeking following a medical appointment

Family Practice

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 550-556

  Li, Na ^a   Orrange, Sharon ^b   Kravitz, Richard L ^a,c   Bell, Robert A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Changes in worry; EHealth literacy; Information seeking; Internet; Patient centred communication

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; ODDS RATIO; SUPPORT GROUP; TELEHEALTH; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH LITERACY; INFORMATION SERVICE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPECIALIZATION; STANDARDS; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION SERVICES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SPECIALIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931022490     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmu034     Document Type: Article

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