Relationship Between Internet Health Information and Patient Compliance Based on Trust: Empirical Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The internet has become a major mean for acquiring health information; however, Web-based health information is of mixed quality and may markedly affect patients' health-related behavior and decisions. According to the social information processing theory, patients' trust in their physicians may potentially change due to patients' health-information-seeking behavior. Therefore, it is important to identify the relationship between internet health information and patient compliance from the perspective of trust.

Objective

The objective of our study was to investigate the effects of the quality and source of internet health information on patient compliance using an empirical study based on the social information processing theory and social exchange theory.

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SUBMITTER: Lu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6119214 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature