ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2025
Public Trust in Different Sources of Information: Gaps in Rural Residents and Cancer Patients.
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- A Web-Based Cancer Prevention Intervention for Rural Emerging Adults: Mixed Methods Development and Pilot-Testing Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Trial
- Trust in Cancer Information Sources During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic.JAMA network open · 2026Article
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BACKGROUND/
objectivesUnderstanding health information-seeking behavior is critical in providing effective interventions and improving quality of life for patients, especially those facing complex diagnoses like cancer. The purpose of this study is to understand rural-urban differences in trust levels for various information sources and how trust may differ by cancer status (no cancer, newly diagnosed, survived for six and more years).
methodsWe examined 5775 responses from the 2022 Health Information National Trends Survey
resultsUrban patients reported higher trust in more structured sources of information (2.999 > 2.873,
conclusionsNewly diagnosed cancer patients in rural areas are less likely to trust structured sources of information even after adjusting for all covariates. Additional studies about misinformation and disinformation being channeled through less structured sources of information are needed to prevent any delay in care among cancer patients, especially rural patients who are more likely to access these sources of information.
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