Association Between eHealth Literacy in Online Health Communities and Patient Adherence: Cross-sectional Questionnaire Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

eHealth literacy is significantly associated with patients' online information behavior, physician-patient relationship, patient adherence, and health outcomes. As an important product of the internet, online health communities (OHCs) can help redistribute idle medical resources, increase medical resource utilization, and improve patient adherence. However, studies on eHealth literacy in OHCs are limited. Therefore, this study examined patients' eHealth literacy regarding health information-seeking behavior and physician-patient communication in OHCs.

Objective

This study aimed to investigate the association between eHealth literacy in OHCs and patient adherence by employing social cognitive theory.

Methods

This was an empirical study, in which a research m

SUBMITTER: Lu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8477298 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature