Pauline Ducrot|Ilaria Montagni|Viêt Nguyen?Thanh|Anne-Juliette Serry|Jean-Baptiste Richard
Evolution of Online Health-Related Information Seeking in France From 2010 to 2017: Results From Nationally Representative Surveys
Santé Publique France|Bordeaux Population Health|Inserm|University of Bordeaux|Santé Publique France|Santé Publique France|Santé Publique France
background given rapid ongoing progression internet increase health information available disparate online sources important understand changes impact online health informationseeking behavior population way managing ones health objective paper aims describing evolution internet use source health information 2010 2017 well characteristics online health information seekers topics interest sources information trust retrieved information potential impact behavior methods data french nationally representative surveys health barometers used n4141 2010 4811 2014 6255 2017 evolutions time assessed using chisquare tests associations sociodemographic characteristics health status evaluated using logistic regression models results use internet source health information rose 2010 2014 373 679 plt001 decreased significantly 2017 603 plt001 overall profile health information seekers compared nonseekers change time likely women younger higher educational level higher household income executives 2014 2017 proportion pay attention source information significantly increased reach 397 plt001 2017 2014 general healthrelated websites remained first source information 386 institutional websites third source 81 information seekers trusted information found online 2010 80 slight decrease 2014 2017 p048 among individual characteristics trust information main determinant way managing ones health odds ratio 406 95 ci 326506 conclusions rapid growth internet use seeking health information 2010 2014 period decrease recorded 2017 parallel decrease trust quality reliability information found online findings underline need public health authorities increase citizens ehealth literacy provide alternative trustworthy sources combining popularity accessibility general health information websites