Marchetti Michael Armando, Sar-Graycar Liliane, Dusza Stephen W, Nanda Japbani K, Kurtansky Nicholas, Rotemberg Veronica M, Hay Jennifer L
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States.
JMIR Dermatol. 2022 Apr-Jun;5(2):e36256. doi: 10.2196/36256. Epub 2022 Apr 22.
Information is an unmet need among cancer survivors. There is a paucity of population-based data examining the health information-seeking behaviors and attitudes of skin cancer survivors.
We aimed to identify the prevalence and patterns of health information-seeking behaviors and attitudes among skin cancer survivors across age groups.
We analyzed population-based data from the 2019 Health Information National Trends Survey 5 (Cycle 3).
The 5438 respondents included 346 (6.4%) skin cancer survivors (mean age 65.8 years); of the 346 skin cancer survivors, the majority were White (96.4% [weighted percentages]), and 171 (47.8%) were men. Most reported having ever looked for health- (86.1%) or cancer-related (76.5%) information; 28.2% stated their last search took a lot of effort, and 21.6% were frustrated. The internet was most often cited as being the first source that was recently used for health or medical information (45.6%). Compared to skin cancer survivors younger than 65 years old, those 65 years of age or older were more likely to see a doctor first for important health information (≥65 years: 68.3%;<65 years: 36.2%; <.001) and less likely to have health and wellness apps (≥65 years: 26.4%; <65 years: 54.0%, =.10), to have watched a health-related YouTube video (≥65 years: 13.3%; <65 years: 27.4%; =.02), and to have used electronic means to look for information (≥65 years: 61.4%;<65 years: 82.3%, <.001).
Searches for health information are common among skin cancer survivors, but behaviors and attitudes are associated with age, which highlights the importance of access to doctors and personalized information sources.
信息是癌症幸存者未被满足的需求。缺乏基于人群的数据来研究皮肤癌幸存者的健康信息寻求行为和态度。
我们旨在确定各年龄组皮肤癌幸存者健康信息寻求行为和态度的患病率及模式。
我们分析了2019年全国健康信息趋势调查5（第3周期）基于人群的数据。
5438名受访者中有346名（6.4%）皮肤癌幸存者（平均年龄65.8岁）；在346名皮肤癌幸存者中，大多数是白人（96.4%[加权百分比]），171名（47.8%）是男性。大多数人报告曾寻找过健康（86.1%）或癌症相关（76.5%）的信息；28.2%的人表示他们上次搜索花费了很多精力，21.6%的人感到沮丧。互联网最常被提及为最近用于健康或医疗信息的首要来源（45.6%）。与65岁以下的皮肤癌幸存者相比，65岁及以上的人更有可能首先向医生咨询重要的健康信息（≥65岁：68.3%；<65岁：36.2%；<.001），拥有健康和健身应用程序的可能性较小（≥65岁：26.4%；<65岁：54.0%，P =.10），观看过与健康相关的YouTube视频的可能性较小（≥65岁：13.3%；<65岁：27.4%；P =.02），以及使用电子手段寻找信息的可能性较小（≥65岁：61.4%；<65岁：82.3%，P <.001）。
在皮肤癌幸存者中搜索健康信息很常见，但行为和态度与年龄有关，这凸显了获得医生和个性化信息来源的重要性。
