Associations Among Online Health Information Seeking Behavior, Online Health Information Perception, and Health Service Utilization: Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Seeking online health information can empower individuals to better understand their health concerns, facilitating their ability to manage their health conditions more effectively. It has the potential to change the likelihood and frequency of health service usage. Although existing literature has demonstrated the prevalence of seeking online health information among different populations, the factors affecting online health information perception and discussions on the associations between seeking online health information and health service utilization are limited.

Objective

We analyzed the associations between online health information seeking behavior and health service utilization, as well as the online health information perception delivery mechanism.

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SUBMITTER: Li H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11953594 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature