The National Cancer Institute’s Health Information National Trends Survey [HINTS]: a national cross-sectional analysis of talking to your doctor and other healthcare providers for health information

BMC Family Practice

Research Article

Tana M Luger¹  D Keith McInnes²  Kimberly LL Harvey³  Julie E Volkman³  Hua Feng³  Thomas K Houston³  Timothy P Hogan³  Stephanie L Shimada⁴  Daniel Amante⁵ 

[1] US Department of Veterans Affairs, eHealth Quality Enhancement Research Initiative, 200 Springs Road, 01730, Bedford, MA, USA;US Department of Veterans Affairs, eHealth Quality Enhancement Research Initiative, 200 Springs Road, 01730, Bedford, MA, USA;Department of Health Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street Talbot Building, T2W, 02118, Boston, MA, USA;US Department of Veterans Affairs, eHealth Quality Enhancement Research Initiative, 200 Springs Road, 01730, Bedford, MA, USA;University of Massachusetts Medical School, 368 Plantation Street, 01605, Worcester, MA, USA;US Department of Veterans Affairs, eHealth Quality Enhancement Research Initiative, 200 Springs Road, 01730, Bedford, MA, USA;University of Massachusetts Medical School, 368 Plantation Street, 01605, Worcester, MA, USA;Department of Health Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street Talbot Building, T2W, 02118, Boston, MA, USA;University of Massachusetts Medical School, 368 Plantation Street, 01605, Worcester, MA, USA;

关键词: Health information needs;    Sources for health information;    Doctor-patient communication;    National cross-sectional survey;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2296-15-111

 received in 2013-12-30, accepted in 2014-06-03,  发布年份 2014

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe need to understand preferred sources of health information remains important to providing patient-centered care. The Internet remains a popular resource for health information, but more traditional sources may still be valid for patients during a recent health need. This study sought to understand the characteristics of patients that turn to their doctor or healthcare provider first for a recent health or medical information need.MethodsUsing the national cross-sectional survey, Health Information National Trend Study [HINTS], characteristics of those who sought a doctor or healthcare provider for a recent health information need were compared to other sources. Weighted survey responses from Cycle 1 and Cycle 2 of the HINTS survey were used for multivariable logistic regression.ResultsA total 5,307 patient responses were analyzed. Overall, those who seek a doctor or healthcare provider first for a health need are female, 46–64 years, White non-Hispanic, educated, in good health and users of the Internet. Yet, adjusted logistic regressions showed that those who sought a doctor or healthcare provider first during a recent health information need compared to other sources were most likely to be 65+ years, in poor health, less educated and have health insurance.ConclusionsPatients who seek their doctor or healthcare provider first for health information rather than other sources of information represent a unique population. Doctors or healthcare providers remain an important resource for these patients during recent needs, despite the wide use of the Internet as a source of health information.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© Volkman et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2014