More Help from Friends and Family? Trends in Determinants of Surrogate Health Information-Seeking.

IF 3 3区医学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Health Communication Pub Date : 2025-05-15 DOI:10.1080/10410236.2025.2502195

Leonie Bernhörster, Doreen Reifegerste

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Abstract

Friends and family members often choose to seek health information for a loved one, rather than all information-seeking being carried out by the patient for themselves. Despite the popularity of this proxy for health information-seeking behavior (PHISB), there is a lack of more current data on PHISB, as well as on changes in PHISB. We analyzed health information-seeking based on data from the two available waves of the HINTS Germany study (2018/19: N = 2.147;2020: N = 1.865). HINTS Germany is a data set mapping health information behaviors in the German population, closely linked to the well-established U.S. HINTS. The results show an increase in health information-seeking of 6.2% (p < .001), between the first wave (36%; n = 772) and the second wave (42%; n = 778). A bivariate analysis followed by a hierarchical logit model yielded similar significant determinants for PHISB. Gender, being in a stable relationship, and different information sources were all found to be significant for health information-seeking. The results show the need for tailored population information for proxies, to improve their respective communication with patients.

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更多来自朋友和家人的帮助？代孕健康信息寻求的决定因素趋势

朋友和家人经常选择为所爱的人寻求健康信息，而不是所有的信息寻求都是由病人自己进行的。尽管这种健康信息寻求行为（PHISB）的代理很受欢迎，但是缺乏关于PHISB以及PHISB变化的更多当前数据。我们根据德国hint研究（2018/19:N = 2.147;2020: N = 1.865）的两波数据分析了健康信息寻求。暗示德国是一个数据集映射健康信息行为在德国人口，密切联系到完善的美国暗示。结果显示，医疗信息搜索增加了6.2% (p)，在第一波(36%；N = 772)和第二波(42%；n = 778)。双变量分析之后的分层logit模型得出了PHISB的类似重要决定因素。性别、稳定的关系和不同的信息来源对健康信息的寻求都有重要影响。结果表明，需要为代理提供量身定制的人口信息，以改善他们各自与患者的沟通。

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Health Communication Multiple-

CiteScore

8.20

自引率

10.30%

发文量

184

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