ArticleJMIR medical informatics2020
Effect of Online Health Information Seeking on Anxiety in Hospitalized Pregnant Women: Cohort Study.
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- A two-wave survey study examining the impact of different sources of pregnancy information on pregnancy-related anxiety among Swedish women.European journal of midwifery · 2025Article
- Psychosocial intervention programme based on the needs of women undergoing termination of pregnancy for foetal anomalies: A modified Delphi study.Nursing open · 2024Review
- The relationship between e-Health literacy and cyberchondria in Iranian students of health sciences.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Online health information seeking and the association with anxiety among older adults.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere are approximately 1,000,000 pregnant women at high risk for obstetric complications per year, more than half of whom require hospitalization.
objectiveThe aim of this study was to determine the relation between online health information seeking and anxiety levels in a sample of hospitalized woman with pregnancy-related complications.
methodsA sample of 105 pregnant women hospitalized in northern Italy, all with an obstetric complication diagnosis, completed different questionnaires: Use of Internet Health-information (UIH) questionnaire about use of the internet, EuroQOL 5 dimensions (EQ-5D) questionnaire on quality of life, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) questionnaire measuring general anxiety levels, and a questionnaire about critical events occurring during hospitalization.
resultsOverall, 98/105 (93.3%) of the women used the internet at home to obtain nonspecific information about health in general and 95/105 (90.5%) of the women used the internet to specifically search for information related to their obstetric disease. Online health information-seeking behavior substantially decreased the self-reported anxiety levels (P=.008).
conclusionsWeb browsing for health information was associated with anxiety reduction, suggesting that the internet can be a useful instrument in supporting professional intervention to control and possibly reduce discomfort and anxiety for women during complicated pregnancies.
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