A grounded theory study on medical students' proxy online health information seeking behavior.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although Internet has become the main way of access to health and medical information for most young people today, it might not be the case with older people. The elderly that have difficulty using the Internet rely largely on their family members to obtain and evaluate online health and medical information.

Objective

The purpose of this study is to investigate medical students' proxy health information seeking behavior for their family members, and to look into how they search, evaluate, and even apply health information from the Internet. The paper is going to explore the influencing factors of health information seeking behavior of medical students as well as the concerns and difficulties they might encounter during the searching process.

Methods

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SUBMITTER: Minghao P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11773963 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature