The Gap Between Self-Rated Health Information Literacy and Internet Health Information-Seeking Ability for Patients With Chronic Diseases in Rural Communities: Cross-sectional Study

被引:12
作者
Wang, Zhuoxin [1 ]
Fan, Yanyan [1 ]
Lv, Hekai [2 ,3 ]
Deng, Shanshan [1 ]
Xie, Hui [1 ]
Zhang, Li [1 ]
Luo, Aijing [4 ,5 ]
Wang, Fuzhi [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Bengbu Med Coll, Sch Nursing, Bengbu, Peoples R China
[2] Bengbu Med Coll, Sch Hlth Management, 2600 Donghai Rd, Bengbu 233030, Anhui, Peoples R China
[3] Bengbu Med Coll, Innovat Team Hlth Informat Management & Applicat, Bengbu, Peoples R China
[4] Cent South Univ, Coll Hunan Prov, Key Lab Med Informat Res, Changsha, Peoples R China
[5] Cent South Univ, Xiangya Hosp 2, Changsha, Peoples R China
关键词
online; health information; barriers to acquisition; middle-aged patients with chronic diseases; rural community; chronic conditions; chronic; rural; literacy; information seeking;
D O I
10.2196/26308
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R19 [保健组织与事业(卫生事业管理)];
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摘要
Background: The internet has become one of the most important channels for residents to seek health information, particularly in remote rural areas in China. Objective: In this study, we aimed to explore the gap between self-rated health information literacy and internet health information seeking ability for patients with chronic diseases in rural communities and to preliminarily evaluate their barriers when seeking health information via the internet. Methods: Residents from rural communities near Bengbu City and with chronic diseases were included in this study. A self-rated questionnaire was used to evaluate their health information literacy, 3 behavioral competency tasks were designed to preliminarily evaluate their ability to seek health information on the internet and semistructured interviews were used to investigate their barriers to obtaining health information via the internet. A small audiorecorder was used to record the interview content, and screen-recording software was used to record the participants' behavior during the web-based operational tasks. Results: A total of 70 respondents completed the self-rated health information literacy questionnaire and the behavioral competence test, and 56 respondents participated in the semistructured interviews. Self-rated health information literacy (score out of 70: mean 46.21, SD 4.90) of the 70 respondents were moderate. Although 91% (64/70) of the respondents could find health websites, and 93% (65/70) of the respondents could find information on treatment that they thought was the best, 35% (23/65) of respondents did not know how to save the results they had found. The operational tasks indicated that most articles selected by the respondents came from websites with encyclopedic knowledge or answers from people based on their own experiences rather than authoritative health information websites. After combining the results of the semistructured interviews with the DISCERN scale test results, we found that most interviewees had difficulty obtaining high-quality health information via the internet. Conclusions: Although the health information literacy level of patients with rural chronic disease was moderate, they lack the ability to access high-quality health information via the internet. The vast majority of respondents recognized the importance of accessing health information but were not very proactive in accessing such information.
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