Relationship Between Internet Use and Change in Health Status: Panel Study of Young Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Using the internet for health information is a widespread phenomenon documented in considerable scholarship. Less common, however, is the analysis of panel data to examine how internet use may relate to change in health status over time.

Objective

This study examines whether internet use and internet use related to health are associated with a change in health status among young adults.

Methods

We used a unique panel survey data set collected about young adults' internet use in 2012 and 2016 (n=384). We applied logistic regression to examine the relationships between sociodemographics, internet experiences, frequency of health-related internet use, and sharing health content online with change in health status over time. We additionally examined the variabl

SUBMITTER: Hunsaker A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7840280 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature