The association between patient activation and accessing online health information: results from a national survey of US adults.
Health Expect
; 18(6): 3262-73, 2015 Dec.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
There are increasing opportunities for the public to access online health information, but attitudinal barriers to use are less well-known. Patient activation is associated with key health outcomes, but its relationship with using online health information is not known.OBJECTIVE:
We examined the relationship between patient activation and the likelihood of accessing a range of different types of online health information in a nationally representative US sample.DESIGN:
Cross-sectional nationally representative survey. SETTING ANDPARTICIPANTS:
Data were from an online (n = 2700) and random digit dial telephone survey (n = 700) of US adults (total n = 3400). MAIN VARIABLES STUDIED Respondent characteristics and the Patient Activation Measure. MAIN OUTCOMEMEASURES:
Self-reported access of five types of online health information in the past 12 months (online medical records, cost estimation tools, quality comparison tools, health information about a specific condition, preventive health information).RESULTS:
Approximately, one-fifth of the sample had accessed their medical record (21.6%), treatment cost estimation tools (17.3%) and hospital and physician quality comparison tools (21.8%). Nearly half of the sample had accessed information about medical conditions or treatments (48.3%) or preventive health and well-being (45.9%). In multivariable analyses adjusted for participant characteristics, respondents with greater patient activation were more likely to have accessed all types of health information other than cost estimation tools. DISCUSSION ANDCONCLUSIONS:
Activated people are more likely to make use of online heath information. Increasing patient activation could improve the public's ability to participate in health care and personal health self-management by encouraging health information seeking.Palabras clave
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Participación del Paciente
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Información de Salud al Consumidor
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Registros de Salud Personal
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Conducta en la Búsqueda de Información
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Health Expect
Asunto de la revista:
PESQUISA EM SERVICOS DE SAUDE
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SAUDE PUBLICA
Año:
2015
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos