The extent to which cancer patients trust in cancer-related online information: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of the internet to satisfy information needs is widespread among cancer patients. Patients' decisions regarding whether to act upon the information they find strongly depend on the trustworthiness of the information and the medium. Patients who are younger, more highly educated and female are more likely to trust online information. The objectives of this systematic review were to examine the extent to which cancer patients trust in cancer-related online information, internet websites as a source of cancer-related information or the internet as a medium of cancer information.

Methods

A systematic review was conducted using five databases (PROSPERO registration number: CRD42017070190). Studies of any kind were included if they measured cancer patients' trus

SUBMITTER: Lange L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6776066 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature