Online health information seeking: How people with multiple sclerosis find, assess and integrate treatment information to manage their health

Health Expectations

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 727-737

  Synnot, Anneliese J ^a   Hill, Sophie J ^a   Garner, Kerryn A ^a   Summers, Michael P ^a   Filippini, Graziella ^b   Osborne, Richard H ^c   Shapland, Sue D P ^d   Colombo, Cinzia ^e   Mosconi, Paola ^e  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MS Australia   (Australia)

^e MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Health information; Internet; Multiple sclerosis; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85028267437     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hex.12253     Document Type: Article

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