电子健康素养与癌症信息寻求及癌症筛查既往经历的关联
Association of eHealth literacy with cancer information seeking and prior experience with cancer screening.
作者信息
Park Hyejin, Moon Mikyung, Baeg Jung Hoon
机构信息
Author Affiliations: College of Nursing (Dr Park) and College of Communication and Information (Mr Baeg), Florida State University, Tallahassee; and College of Nursing, Keimyung University, Dalgubuldaero, Dalseo-gu, Daegu, South Korea (Dr Moon).
出版信息
Comput Inform Nurs. 2014 Sep;32(9):458-63. doi: 10.1097/CIN.0000000000000077.
Cancer is a critical disease with a high mortality rate in the US. Although useful information exists on the Internet, many people experience difficulty finding information about cancer prevention because they have limited eHealth literacy. This study aimed to identify relationships between the level of eHealth literacy and cancer information seeking experience or prior experience with cancer screening tests. A total of 108 adults participated in this study through questionnaires. Data covering demographics, eHealth literacy, cancer information seeking experience, educational needs for cancer information searching, and previous cancer screening tests were obtained. Study findings show that the level of eHealth literacy influences cancer information seeking. Individuals with low eHealth literacy are likely to be less confident about finding cancer information. In addition, people who have a low level of eHealth literacy need more education about seeking information than do those with a higher level of eHealth literacy. However, there is no significant relationship between eHealth literacy and cancer screening tests. More people today are using the Internet for access to information to maintain good health. It is therefore critical to educate those with low eHealth literacy so they can better self-manage their health.
癌症是美国一种死亡率很高的严重疾病。尽管互联网上存在有用信息,但许多人在查找癌症预防信息时遇到困难,因为他们的电子健康素养有限。本研究旨在确定电子健康素养水平与癌症信息寻求经历或癌症筛查测试既往经历之间的关系。共有108名成年人通过问卷调查参与了本研究。获取了涵盖人口统计学、电子健康素养、癌症信息寻求经历、癌症信息搜索的教育需求以及既往癌症筛查测试的数据。研究结果表明,电子健康素养水平会影响癌症信息寻求。电子健康素养低的个体在查找癌症信息时可能信心不足。此外,与电子健康素养水平较高的人相比,电子健康素养水平低的人在信息寻求方面需要更多教育。然而,电子健康素养与癌症筛查测试之间没有显著关系。如今越来越多的人利用互联网获取信息以保持健康。因此,对电子健康素养低的人进行教育至关重要,这样他们就能更好地自我管理健康。