Effects of individual health topic familiarity on activity patterns during health information searches.

Ira Puspitasari Koichi Moriyama Ken-Ichi Fukui Masayuki Numao

Published in: JMIR medical informatics (2015)

Familiarity with health topics affects health information search behaviors. Our analysis of state transitions in search activities detected unique behaviors and common search activity patterns in each familiarity group during health information searches.

Keyphrases

health information
social media
healthcare
mental health
risk assessment
climate change