Abstract
Purpose Patient engagement in health information seeking is associated with beneficial social, emotional, and health outcomes. We analyzed data from the 2008 Health Information National Trends Survey to characterize, and compare patterns of health information seeking and trust in sources of health information among persons who use complimentary and alternative (CAM) approaches to health and medicine and those who do not.
Highlights
Patient engagement in health information seeking is associated with beneficial social, emotional, and health outcomes
A significantly higher percentage of CAM users (83.2%) reported health information seeking, compared with nonusers (65.4%)
Reliance on friends and family for health information was similar among CAM users (3.9%) and non-users (4.2%)
Summary
Patient engagement in health information seeking is associated with beneficial social, emotional, and health outcomes. Trust in information sources and use of complementary and alternative medicine From International Research Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health 2012 Portland, Oregon, USA. Purpose Patient engagement in health information seeking is associated with beneficial social, emotional, and health outcomes.
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