Association of Online Health Information-Seeking Behavior and Self-Care Activities Among Type 2 Diabetic Patients in Saudi Arabia.
Amr A JamalSamina A KhanAhmed AlHumudAbdulaziz Al-DuhyyimMohammed AlrashedFaisal Bin ShabrAlwalid AlteraifAbdullah AlmuziriMowafa HousehRiaz QureshiPublished in: Journal of medical Internet research (2015)
Physicians and television are still the primary sources of health-related information for adult diabetic patients in Saudi Arabia whether they seek health-related information online or not. This study demonstrates that participants seeking online health-related information are more conscious about their diabetes self-care compared to non-health-related information seekers in some aspects more than the others.