Jessica Nijman|Michelle Hendriks|A. Brabers|Judith de Jong|Jany Rademakers
Patient Activation and Health Literacy as Predictors of Health Information Use in a General Sample of Dutch Health Care Consumers
Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research|Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research|Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research|Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research|Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research
demandled health care systems consumers expected play informed active role health care decisions making use health information ability seek use information depends specific knowledge skills selfconfidence study authors validated translated instrument measure patient activation dutch pam13 general sample dutch health care consumers furthermore authors examined relative contribution patient activation functional health literacy seeking use health information netherlands mean patient activation score dutch sample higher younger health care consumers higher education higher income better selfreported general mental health status activated consumers likely seek use health information patient activation proved stronger predictor seeking using health information functional health literacy