ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2024
Information Support or Emotional Support? Social Support in Online Health Information Seeking among Chinese Older Adults.
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- Digital health literacy, social support, and online health information-seeking behavior profiles among nursing students: a latent profile and structural equation modeling analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- The influence of older adults' digital health literacy on health information protection behavior: a moderated mediation model.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Analysis of the Behavioral Performance and Social Support of Patients in Online Health Communities From User Profile Perspectives: Comparative Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Can digital health literacy promote residents' physical and mental health? An empirical analysis based on Chinese General Social Survey.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Digital connectivity and healthy aging in China: how Internet use shapes subjective well-being through social engagement and isolation.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Empowering minds: how self-efficacy, self-esteem, and social support drive digital mental health engagement.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Latent profiles of digital health literacy and perceived stigma in burn patients: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
Online Health Information Seeking (OHIS) serves as an alternative form of social capital that can help older adults alleviate offline medical-related stress. This study collected and analyzed user interaction data from Patient-to-Doctor and Patient-to-Peer platforms and compared the roles of social support between them. Significant differences were identified in the dimensions of social support (information, emotional, and companion) on the Patient-to-Peer platforms compared with Patient-to-Doctor platforms (
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