ArticleHealth communication2014
Navigating the cancer information environment: The reciprocal relationship between patient-clinician information engagement and information seeking from nonmedical sources.
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Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Predictors of Health Information-Seeking Behavior: Systematic Literature Review and Network Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Pooled it
- Current Approaches To and Implementation of Information Environment Assessments in the Context of Public Health: Rapid Review.JMIR infodemiology · 2025Article
- Patient and Health Care Provider Perspectives on Patient Access to Test Results via Web Portals: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- Health Information Seeking From an Intelligent Web-Based Symptom Checker: Cross-sectional Questionnaire Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Article
- Preferences in trust regarding the provision of cancer information among adults.Journal of the National Medical Association · 2021Article
- Media Reporting on Air Pollution: Health Risk and Precautionary Measures in National and Regional Newspapers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Neighborhoods and Perceived Norms: Understanding the Impact of Neighborhoods on Perceived Norms and Cancer Screening.Health communication · 2019Article
- Cancer Patients and the Internet: a Survey Among German Cancer Patients.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2017Article
- Associations between cancer-related information seeking and receiving PET imaging for routine cancer surveillance--an analysis of longitudinal survey data.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2014Article
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Abstract
Prior theory has argued and empirical studies have shown that cancer patients rely on information from their health care providers as well as lay sources to understand and make decisions about their disease. However, research on the dynamic and interdependent nature of cancer patients' engagement with different information sources is lacking. This study tested the hypotheses that patient-clinician information engagement and information seeking from nonmedical sources influence one another longitudinally among a representative cohort of 1,293 cancer survivors in Pennsylvania. The study hypotheses were supported in a series of lagged multiple regression analyses. Baseline seeking information from nonmedical sources positively predicted subsequent patient-clinician information engagement at 1-year follow-up. The reverse relationship was also statistically significant; baseline patient-clinician information engagement positively predicted information seeking from nonmedical sources at follow-up. These findings suggest that cancer survivors move between nonmedical and clinician sources in a dynamic way to learn about their disease.
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