Health Information Seeking From an Intelligent Web-Based Symptom Checker: Cross-sectional Questionnaire Study.

Kimberly Arellano Carmona Deepti Chittamuru Richard L Kravitz Steven Ramondt A Susana Ramirez

Published in: Journal of medical Internet research (2022)

Results demonstrate the potential utility of a web-based health information tool to empower people to seek care and reduce health-related anxiety. However, despite encouraging results suggesting the tool may fulfill unmet health information needs among women and Black and Latino adults, analyses of the user base illustrate persistent second-level digital divide effects.

Keyphrases

health information
cross sectional
social media
healthcare
mental health
quality improvement
type diabetes
pregnant women
pregnancy outcomes
metabolic syndrome
adipose tissue
depressive symptoms
breast cancer risk
cervical cancer screening
risk assessment