Caregivers with low confidence in their own health are more likely to seek health information online¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · review r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2030: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Participants who felt less confident about taking care of their health were more likely to use the internet to seek health information. → Pereira Dauster Souza; Pereira Priscilla Perez da Silva 2025

Evidence¶

Pereira Dauster Souza; Pereira Priscilla Perez da Silva 2025¶

Pereira Dauster Souza; Pereira Priscilla Perez da Silva. (2025). Self-directed learning of informal caregivers using mobile health: a systematic review. BMC Health Services Research. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-13019-7

q2 · i? · review · r3

Review synthesis reporting that "participants who felt less confident about taking care of their health were more likely to use the Internet to seek health information" in one study.

"In the study by Kim and colleagues, participants who felt less confident about taking care of their health were more likely to use the Internet to seek health information [25]."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Caregivers want information about the disease, specific patient care, and how to be a caregiver — related
• Informal caregivers tend to seek more health information on the internet than non-caregivers — related
• Being a woman, married, higher education, stable employment, and high income are associated with seeking health information online — related
• Internet access and trust in information are the main barriers to caregiver self-directed learning via mobile health — related