Online Health Information Seeking and eHealth Literacy Among Patients Attending a Primary Care Clinic in Hong Kong: A Cross-Sectional Survey.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Previous studies have suggested that patients' online health information seeking affects their medical consultations and patient-doctor relationships. An up-to-date picture of patients' online health information-seeking behaviors can inform and prepare frontline health care professionals to collaborate, facilitate, or empower their patients to access and manage health information found online. OBJECTIVE:This study explores the prevalence, patterns, and predictors of online health information-seeking behaviors among primary care patients in Hong Kong, and the relations between online health information seeking and electronic health (eHealth) literacy. METHODS:Patients attending a university primary care clinic in Hong Kong were asked to complete a questionnaire survey on their de

SUBMITTER: Wong DK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6456826 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature