Seeking Health Information Online: The Moderating Effects of Problematic Situations on User Intention

Controlling information flow in online information seeking: The moderating effects of utilitarian and hedonic consumers

Understanding moderating effects of involvement on information disclosure and online group-buying intention

Applying the Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM), this study investigated the moderating effects of involvement with an online group-buying (OGB) website in relation to the effects of information disclosure on customers’ OGB intentions. This study collected data consisting of a total of 142 responses from individuals with previous experience with purchasing products from OGB websites, and applie...

Exploring User Navigation during Online Health Information Seeking

Understanding online user behavior is essential for designing user-friendly consumer health Web sites. Transaction log analysis (TLA) provides a way to extract aggregate data about online behavior. This paper describes prevalent user navigation trends using TLA methods at ClinicalTrials.gov. Preliminary results suggest that users typically access low-level pages directly from Web-based search e...

Developing the Persian Version of Online Health Information Seeking Questionnaire for Pregnant Women in Iran

Objective The speed and ease of using the Internet has made it one of the most important sources of finding health information for pregnant women. Examining the online health information seeking behaviors for each society requires the use of a standardized local tool. Therefore, this study aims to develop the Persian version of online health information seeking questionnaire for pregnant women ...

Online Health Information Seeking and Adolescents' Intention Towards Health Self-Management

The widespread availability of healthcare websites has changed the traditional healthcare system by enabling patients to play an active role in health management. The emerging field of Health 2.0 has enabled both professionals and patients to engage in content generation; changing the traditionally accepted professional healthcare to a new dimension of patient-centric healthcare. With the easy ...