ArticleJournal of education and health promotion2019
Prediction of health information-seeking behavior components based on health anxiety among users of public libraries.
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- Exploring the impact of discharged patients' characteristics on online health information-seeking behaviors: insights from patients' dilemmas.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Dissemination and Acceptance of COVID-19 Misinformation in Iran: A Qualitative Study.Community health equity research & policy · 2023Article
- Health information-seeking behavior of nursing students in Isfahan city about COVID-19 disease.Journal of education and health promotion · 2023Article
- Investigating the effectiveness of tele-counseling for the mental health of staff in hospitals and COVID-19 clinics: a clinical control trial.Trends in psychiatry and psychotherapy · 2022Article
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- From information seeking to information avoidance: Understanding the health information behavior during a global health crisis.Information processing & management · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionThis study aimed to predict health information-seeking behavior (HISB) components based on health anxiety among users of public libraries. MATERIALS AND
methodsThis research was a descriptive-correlational study. The statistical population consisted of users of public libraries. Data collection tools included the HISB questionnaire and the Short Form of Health Anxiety Inventory (SHAI).
resultsThe results indicated that health anxiety was a significant predictor of the components of HISB. The illness likelihood had a direct relationship with the components of the need for health information and the purposefulness of health information seeking, and it was inversely related to barriers to obtaining health information. In addition, the preoccupation with illness was directly related to the components of the need for health information, the diversity of health information sources, the time of referring to health information sources, the purposefulness of health information seeking, and evaluation of reasons for referring to the library.
conclusionAmong the components of health anxiety, preoccupation to the disease has the highest role in the emergence of users' information-seeking behavior.
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