Online Health Information Seeking

An Italian Case Study for Analyzing Citizens’ Behavior and Perception

Dados Bibliográficos

ID15515422
AutoresAlessia D’andrea (0000-0002-3724-0222, Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies), Patrizia Grifoni (0000-0003-4298-5437, Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies, autor correspondente), Fernando Ferri (0000-0001-9963-3315, Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies)
Ano2023
Volume20
Fascículo2
Páginas1076-1076
Data de publicação2023-01-07
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditoraMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph20021076
PMID36673830
OpenAlexW4313816650
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas23

This study aims to understand people's behavior when searching for online health information (and COVID-19 information) and their perception of the trustworthiness and credibility of the searched information, the actors, and sources used to obtain it. A questionnaire addressed to people who permanently live in Italy between ages 19 and 60 has been used to collect data. Data extracted from the analysis are reassuring from the point of view of trust and credibility both in the actors and in the sources used to obtain information on health and COVID-19. A correlation between the analyzed individual features, the online health information-seeking behavior, and perception resulted from the analysis. The study also underlined a positive correlation between the perception of the influence of information on the knowledge of health problems and the ability to identify false online health information, and between the experience in detecting false health online information and the ability to detect it. Finally, a positive correlation also resulted between the experience in finding online health information and the experience in finding false COVID-19 information

Credibility · Health care · Health information · Information retrieval · Information seeking · Information seeking behavior · Internet privacy · Perception · Political science · Trustworthiness · Applied Psychology · Computer Science · Health Literacy and Information Accessibility · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Psychology · Social Psychology · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy