The Relationship Between Health Management and Information Behavior Over Time: A Study of the Illness Journeys of People Living With Fibromyalgia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over the course of a chronic illness, patients face many challenges, including understanding what is happening to them and developing an effective strategy for managing illness. While there is existing literature concerning how people seek health-related information and cope with chronic illnesses, there is a need for additional research on how information affects patients' understandings of their illness, and how changes in this understanding affect their health management strategies over time.

Objective

This study examined how health management, information seeking, and information consumption and use processes are related throughout an illness.

Methods

A diversified recruitment strategy involving multiple media channels was used to recruit participants f

SUBMITTER: Chen AT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5101414 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature