How do people in Germany seek health information? Insights from the first wave of HINTS Germany
How do people in Germany seek health information? Insights from the first wave of HINTS Germany
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DOI：
10.1007/s00103-020-03192-x
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发表时间：
2020-07-14
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1.7
通讯作者：
Suhr, Ralf
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作者：
Baumann, Eva;Czerwinski, Fabian;Suhr, Ralf
背景医疗保健系统的动态发展与更积极和更具参与性的患者角色相关，患者在其中做出明智的决定并帮助塑造他们的护理。这表明健康信息和健康信息寻求行为的作用越来越大。但到目前为止，德国民众的健康信息寻求行为还没有系统的调查研究。德国卫生信息全国趋势调查（HINTS德国）填补了这一空白。方法HINTS德国作为一个电话调查的样本N & x202 f;= 2902人。调查问卷涵盖了搜索和使用健康信息、医疗保健、健康状况和健康相关行为的各个方面。结果第一个结果显示，地区和性别差异的健康信息寻求。四分之一的答复者报告在寻求健康信息的过程中存在问题。最常用的健康信息来源是医生和其他健康专业人员以及互联网，受访者最信任医生提供的健康信息。讨论互联网作为主要来源的使用相当罕见，这与受访者对互联网作为健康信息来源的信任程度较低相对应，这也是从其他研究中得知的。然而，这不应掩盖这样一个事实，即互联网作为一种补充来源可以发挥非常重要的作用，即，与其他信息结合使用，例如在医生就诊后。HINTS德国提供了一个代表德国成年人口的数据基础，利用该数据基础，可以以不同的方式分析寻求健康信息对健康相关态度和行为的重要性。
Background Dynamic developments in the healthcare system are associated with a more active and more participatory patient role, in which patients make informed decisions and help shape their care. This points to the increasing role of health information and health information seeking behaviors. But to date, the health information seeking behavior of people in Germany hasn't been subject to systematic survey research. The German Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS Germany) closes this gap. Methods HINTS Germany was fielded as a telephone survey with a sample ofN & x202f;= 2902 people. The questionnaire covers various aspects of the search for and use of health information, healthcare, health status, and health-related behaviors. Results First results show regional and gender differences in health information seeking. One in four respondents reports problems concerning the process of health information seeking. The most used health information sources are doctors and other health professionals as well as the Internet, whereby respondents trust health information from doctors by far the most. Discussion The rather rare use of the Internet as the primary source corresponds to the lower level of trust that the respondents place in the Internet as a source of health information, which is also known from other studies. However, this should not hide the fact that the Internet can be of great importance as a supplementary source, i.e., used in combination with other information, for example after a doctor's visit. HINTS Germany provides a data basis representative of the adult population in Germany, with which the importance of health information seeking for health-related attitudes and behaviors can be analyzed in a differentiated manner.