Association Between Acute Medical Exacerbations and Consuming or Producing Web-Based Health Information: Analysis From Pew Survey Data.
Risha GidwaniDonna M ZulmanPublished in: Journal of medical Internet research (2015)
Producers of Web-based health information differ from consumers of this information in important health characteristics that could skew the content of peer-generated Web-based health information and overrepresent the experiences of persons with acute medical exacerbations. Providers may have a role to play in directing patients towards high-quality, easy-to-understand online information, especially information regarding treatments and procedures.
Keyphrases
- health information
- social media
- healthcare
- liver failure
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- end stage renal disease
- cystic fibrosis
- respiratory failure
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- drug induced
- prognostic factors
- mental health
- peritoneal dialysis
- risk assessment
- hepatitis b virus
- climate change
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- acute respiratory distress syndrome