Health information-seeking experience in people with head and neck neoplasms undergoing treatment: a qualitative study.
Support Care Cancer
; 32(2): 128, 2024 Jan 23.
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| ID: mdl-38261108
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To describe the health information-seeking experience and its influencing factors of people with head and neck neoplasms undergoing treatment.METHODS:
This was a descriptive phenomenology study. Participants were recruited by purposive sampling. The semistructured interviews and all observation results were recorded. The data were analysed using Colaizzi's method.RESULTS:
Fourteen participants were selected. We identified four themes that illustrate factors that influence the health information-seeking behaviour ofparticipants:
patients' awareness of health information needs, patients' competence, doctor-patient communication, and online advertising interference. We also determined the value of different types of information and patients' information needs and sources.CONCLUSION:
These findings can help professionals understand patients' behaviours and think about how to deliver practical information support in a network environment to guide patients in continuous information seeking while taking specific factors into account.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Comportamento de Busca de Informação
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Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2024
Tipo de documento:
Article