Patient Questions and Physician Responses in a Chinese Health Q&A Website: Content Analysis.
Ziying HongZhaohua DengRichard EvansHaiyan WuPublished in: Journal of medical Internet research (2020)
This study provides valuable insights into the ability of patients suffering from chronic illnesses to make an understandable request on health question and answer websites. Health topics relating to diabetes and hepatitis were classified to address the health information needs of chronically ill patients. Furthermore, identification of the factors affecting the number of answers received per question can help users of these websites to better frame their questions to obtain more valuable answers.
Keyphrases
- health information
- end stage renal disease
- healthcare
- public health
- ejection fraction
- mental health
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- type diabetes
- social media
- prognostic factors
- emergency department
- cardiovascular disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- metabolic syndrome
- case report
- patient reported
- insulin resistance
- weight loss
- drug induced