Medical Help-Seeking Strategies for Perinatal Women With Obstetric and Mental Health Problems and Changes in Medical Decision Making Based on Online Health Information: Path Analysis.
Kyungmi ChungHee Young ChoYoung-Ran KimKyungun JhungHwa Seon KooJin Young ParkPublished in: Journal of medical Internet research (2020)
Despite the positive mediating effects of perinatal women's enhanced health literacy on the intent to discuss personal medical issues with health professionals based on online health information, the strategy used is of fundamental importance for understanding their help-seeking and decision-making processes during the perinatal period. Beyond a short consultation to steer patients quickly and authoritatively towards an obstetric doctor's choice of action, it is recommended in this study that obstetricians attempt to provide their patients with needed context for the information found online. To fully explain this information with an open mind, they should actively develop or support information and communications technology (ICT)-based health information services.
Keyphrases
- health information
- mental health
- healthcare
- decision making
- pregnant women
- social media
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- mental illness
- chronic kidney disease
- palliative care
- prognostic factors
- pregnancy outcomes
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- peritoneal dialysis
- metabolic syndrome
- type diabetes
- skeletal muscle
- insulin resistance