ArticleHealth and technology2011
Trust between patients and health websites: a review of the literature and derived outcomes from empirical studies.
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Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Trust and Credibility in Web-Based Health Information: A Review and Agenda for Future Research.Journal of medical Internet research · 2017Pooled it
- Public trust in genomic risk assessment for type 2 diabetes mellitus.Journal of genetic counseling · 2014Trial
- The good, the bad, and the ugly: A qualitative evaluation of web-based COVID-19 vaccine communication in Canada.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2025Article
- Privacy and Trust in eHealth: A Fuzzy Linguistic Solution for Calculating the Merit of Service.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
- Examining How Internet Users Trust and Access Electronic Health Record Patient Portals: Survey Study.JMIR human factors · 2021Article
- Uptake of and Engagement With an Online Sexual Health Intervention (HOPE eIntervention) Among African American Young Adults: Mixed Methods Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Article
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- A comprehensive scoping review to identify standards for the development of health information resources on the internet.PloS one · 2019Article
- Trustworthiness, Readability, and Suitability of Web-Based Information for Stroke Prevention and Self-Management for Korean Americans: Critical Evaluation.Interactive journal of medical research · 2018Article
- Knowledge sharing in a health infomediary: role of self-concept, emotional empowerment, and self-esteem.Health systems (Basingstoke, England) · 2018Article
- RTAnswers Online Patient Education Materials Deviate From Recommended Reading Levels.Applied radiation oncology · 2018Article
- Using the Person-Based Approach to optimise a digital intervention for the management of hypertension.PloS one · 2018Article
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Abstract
With the exploding growth of the web, health websites have become a dominant force in the realm of health care. Technically savvy patients have been using the web not only to self inform but to self diagnose. In this paper we examine the trust relationship between humans and health websites by outlining the existing literature on trust in health websites. A total of forty-nine papers were examined using a meta-analytical framework. Using this framework, each paper was coded for the antecedents and facets that comprise user trust in health websites. Our findings show that there is little consensus regarding the defining characteristics of the construct of trust in health websites. Further research in this field should focus on collaboratively defining trust and what factors affect trust in health web sites.
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