Department of Environmental Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University, Vileikos st. 8, LT-44404, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Department of Drug Technology and Social Pharmacy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Sukileliu str. 13, LT-50161, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Health Policy. 2018 Dec;122(12):1348-1355. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2018.09.019. Epub 2018 Oct 3.
The aim of this study is to analyze the determinants of access to health-related information on the Internet and their influence on perceived knowledge of health-related topics in European countries. Referring to the European citizens' digital health literacy survey and applying structural equation modelling hypotheses, the obtained results showed that assumption of acceptance of information and capacity level are the main determinants which have the biggest influence on the perception of access to health-related information on the Internet. The access to health-related information negatively determined the perceived level of knowledge about health-related topics, which reveals that people making more use of the information are more critical in assessing the level of their knowledge. People who evaluated their health status as poor stated that they knew about health-related topics less. Therefore, the high level of access to health-related information does not mean that people would assume having more knowledge about health-related topics. The establishment of a platform on the Internet, which would supply all understandable information on health-related topics, would be the main tool for enhancing the level of knowledge of health-related topics.
本研究旨在分析互联网健康相关信息获取的决定因素及其对欧洲国家健康相关主题知识感知的影响。参考欧洲公民数字健康素养调查，并应用结构方程模型假设，得出的结果表明，信息接受假设和能力水平是对互联网健康相关信息获取感知的主要决定因素，它们的影响最大。对健康相关信息的获取会对健康相关主题知识的感知水平产生负面影响，这表明更多使用信息的人在评估自己的知识水平时会更加挑剔。那些将自己的健康状况评估为较差的人表示，他们对健康相关主题的了解较少。因此，高程度的健康相关信息获取并不意味着人们会认为自己对健康相关主题有更多的了解。建立一个互联网平台，提供所有可理解的健康相关主题信息，将是提高健康相关主题知识水平的主要工具。
