Wangberg Silje C, Andreassen Hege K, Prokosch Hans-Ulrich, Santana Silvina Maria Vagos, Sørensen Tove, Chronaki Catharine E
1Norwegian Centre for Telemedicine, University Hospital of Northern Norway, PO Box 35, N-9038 Tromsø, Norway.
Health Promot Int. 2008 Mar;23(1):70-7. doi: 10.1093/heapro/dam039. Epub 2007 Dec 13.
This study aimed to explore relations between Internet use, socio-economic status (SES), social support and subjective health. Participants were from representative samples between 15 and 80 years of age from seven different European countries. Two different survey datasets were used: (i) eHealth trends (eHT; N = 7934) and (ii) the European social survey (ESS2; N = 11248). Internet users who had used the Internet for health purposes were compared with Internet users who had not used it for health purposes. Structural equation modelling was used to assess the relationships between SES, Internet use, social support and subjective health. Use of other media was compared to Internet use in relation to social support and subjective health. Internet use was found to be more closely related to social support and subjective health than use of other media. Internet use was also found to be a plausible mediator between SES and subjective health, especially through interacting with social support.
本研究旨在探讨互联网使用、社会经济地位(SES)、社会支持与主观健康之间的关系。参与者来自七个不同欧洲国家15至80岁的代表性样本。使用了两个不同的调查数据集:(i)电子健康趋势(eHT;N = 7934)和(ii)欧洲社会调查(ESS2;N = 11248)。将出于健康目的使用互联网的互联网用户与未出于健康目的使用互联网的互联网用户进行比较。采用结构方程模型来评估SES、互联网使用、社会支持与主观健康之间的关系。将其他媒体的使用与互联网使用在社会支持和主观健康方面进行比较。研究发现,与其他媒体的使用相比,互联网使用与社会支持和主观健康的关系更为密切。研究还发现,互联网使用是SES与主观健康之间一个合理的中介因素,尤其是通过与社会支持的相互作用。