The Mediated Role of Credibility on Information Sources and Patient Awareness toward Patient Rights

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ID15460622
AuthorsOsnat Roth-Cohen (0000-0001-6072-0091, Ariel University, corresponding author), Shalom Levy (0000-0001-5632-4010, Ariel University), Avi Zigdon (0000-0003-1849-7206, Ariel University)
Year2021
Volume18
Issue16
Pages8628-8628
Publication date2021-08-15
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph18168628
PMID34444377
OpenAlexW3196270698
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited19

Although patient rights are an important issue, this remains an understudied research area. Patients are unaware of their rights, lacking control of health care treatments they might deserve. This can contribute to sustaining inequality as well as failure in achieving welfare policy goals. Drawing on channel complementarity theory, the current study explored patients' awareness toward their rights, and the credibility of information sources related to patient rights. In a web-based survey, 994 Israeli participants, suffering from chronic illness and using health services, were recruited. To examine the study's theoretical framework and relationships among the constructs and test the hypotheses, a path analysis was conducted using Structural Equation Modeling. The research model depicts direct and indirect relationships between constructs, and the relevant coefficients. The results show a direct and positive interaction between information credibility and patient rights awareness (β = 0.10, p = 0.019). Information credibility partially mediates the relationship between public service information sources and patient rights awareness (bootstrap with 95% CI: 0.01-0.07; p = 0.015). The mass media information sources construct is directly and positively related to information credibility (β = 0.36, p = 0.000). Age was found as a moderator, indicating that information credibility is a factor only at lower ages. Therefore, patient rights should be systematically and reliably accessible in order to raise the awareness and trust of chronic patients regarding information about patient rights. Using planned health communication campaigns mainly via public service sources that are perceived as trustworthy can help contribute to approach patients more effectively and provide them with accessible and detailed information about their rights

Construct (python library · Credibility · Moderation · Political science · Source credibility · Structural equation modeling · Computer Science · Medicine · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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