Department of Radiation Oncology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, No.210, Baita 1st Street, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, 110167, People's Republic of China.
School of Nursing, Dalian University, Dalian, Liaoning Province, 116000, People's Republic of China.
Support Care Cancer. 2024 Jan 23;32(2):128. doi: 10.1007/s00520-024-08329-1.
To describe the health information-seeking experience and its influencing factors of people with head and neck neoplasms undergoing treatment.
This was a descriptive phenomenology study. Participants were recruited by purposive sampling. The semistructured interviews and all observation results were recorded. The data were analysed using Colaizzi's method.
Fourteen participants were selected. We identified four themes that illustrate factors that influence the health information-seeking behaviour of participants: patients' awareness of health information needs, patients' competence, doctor-patient communication, and online advertising interference. We also determined the value of different types of information and patients' information needs and sources.
These findings can help professionals understand patients' behaviours and think about how to deliver practical information support in a network environment to guide patients in continuous information seeking while taking specific factors into account.
描述正在接受治疗的头颈部肿瘤患者的健康信息寻求体验及其影响因素。
这是一项描述性现象学研究。通过目的性抽样选择参与者。记录半结构式访谈和所有观察结果。使用 Colaizzi 方法对数据进行分析。
选择了 14 名参与者。我们确定了四个主题,说明了影响参与者健康信息寻求行为的因素:患者对健康信息需求的认识、患者的能力、医患沟通和在线广告干扰。我们还确定了不同类型信息的价值以及患者的信息需求和来源。
这些发现可以帮助专业人员了解患者的行为,并思考如何在网络环境中提供实际的信息支持,以指导患者持续信息寻求,同时考虑到具体因素。