Is the Internet Different from Traditional Mass Media in Promoting Patient Compliance with Mature Treatments?
| Autor: | Lily Sun, Wen Wu, Runtong Zhang, Xiaomin Zhu, Xinyi Lu, Xiaopu Shang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Telemedicine medicine.medical_specialty 020205 medical informatics business.industry Mediation (Marxist theory and media studies) Information Seeking Behavior Health Informatics 02 engineering and technology General Medicine Affect (psychology) Structural equation modeling Confirmatory factor analysis Social information processing Health Information Management Surveys and Questionnaires Family medicine 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Humans Patient Compliance Medicine The Internet Mass Media business Mass media |
| Zdroj: | Telemedicine and e-Health. 26:69-77 |
| ISSN: | 1556-3669 1530-5627 |
| DOI: | 10.1089/tmj.2018.0292 |
| Popis: | Background: Through mass media, some patients tend to seek mature treatment-related health information whereas some prefer information related to emerging treatments, which may influence patient compliance, specifically, following the medical diagnoses and treatment regimens. Given that traditional mass media (TMM) and the internet (INT) may promote the publication of different treatment-related information, this study aims to identify the difference between TMM and the INT in influencing patient compliance with mature treatments (PCMTs). Materials and Methods: Our subjects were Chinese who had received therapies within a month and had experience of seeking health information through mass media. An online survey involving 384 valid responses was conducted to collect data. The confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling were adopted to test hypotheses. Results: Both TMM and the INT significantly affect PCMTs, through the mediation of mature treatment-related health information. Conclusions: A provision of mature treatment-related information via TMM can effectively help patients gain awareness and knowledge about treatments. In addition, physicians can update patients' knowledge by making cutting-edge treatments continuously available to patients through the mass media and analyzing patient's access patterns for different treatment-related information. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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