Health Information Seeking Behavior and Internet Usage in
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Date
2017
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University of Management and Technology
Abstract
The study focused on investigating the predictive relationship between online health information
seeking behavior and cyberchondria severity along with unearthing the relation of factors such as
perceived health risk on the former. Also, the gender differences in cyberchondria severity as
well as primary caretaking and health status relation with online health information seeking
behavior was explored . The results from the survey responses of 214 adults ranging from 19 to
45 years of age in Lahore city selected via convenience sampling from three educational
institutes of Lahore, revealed that online health information seeking behavior significantly
predicts cyberchondria severity equally in internet users belonging to both of the genders who
use internet in this respect. Absence of significant difference was found in the online health
information seeking behavior of internet users who are and aren’t into primary caretaking .
Similarly, when it comes to the health information seeking behavior of respondents with
different levels of health statuses, significant difference was found in comparisonto the good
ones with the ones having fair health status. Perceived health risk is positively related to online
health information seeking behavior.
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Supervised by: Dr. Mian Hannan Ahmed
Keywords
Seeking behavior and cyberchondria severity, Online health information seeking behavior,Perceived health risk, M.Phil