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ArticleJournal of health communication2025

Validation of a Cancer-Focused Information Seeking Experience (ISEE) Scale.

Ashley B Murray, Neha Trivedi, Roxanne E Jensen, Gordon Willis, Richard P Moser, Kelly D Blake

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6 authors.

Ashley B MurrayBehavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA.
Neha TrivediPublic Health Department, NORC at the University of Chicago, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Roxanne E JensenHealthcare Delivery Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute,Rockville, Maryland,USA.
Gordon WillisBehavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA.
Richard P MoserBehavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA.
Kelly D BlakeBehavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA.

Funding

Intramural NIH HHS Z99 CA999999NCI NIH HHS HHSN261201800002BNCI NIH HHS HHSN261201800002C
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSearching for health information is critical for maintaining one's health and reducing risk of disease, including cancer. However, some people are more likely to experience challenges in finding and comprehending health information; therefore, it is important to measure health information-seeking behavior. In order to add to prior research conducted with the scale, this study provides the first formal evaluation of the validity and reliability of the four-item, cancer-focused Information Seeking Experience (ISEE) scale in a cross-sectional, nationally representative health survey of U.S. adults.

resultsResults indicated that the four ISEE scale items were within limits of normality (skew range = -.44-.11; kurtosis range = -1.07 - -.71), exhibited medium to strong pairwise correlations (

conclusionsTracking information-seeking experience in the population is critical, especially to inform efforts that ensure individuals have accessible, understandable, and reliable information about cancer. The ISEE scale was found to assess various aspects of cancer information-seeking in a reliable and valid manner and may be used in future surveys to track information support needs of those who seek health and cancer information.

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Consumer Health InformationInformation Seeking BehaviorNeoplasmsAdolescentAdultAgedCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHealth SurveysHumansMaleMiddle AgedPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and QuestionnairesUnited Statescancer communicationCancer information-seekingconstruct validityhealth communicationhealth information-seekingscale validation

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