Lila J. Finney Rutten|Kelly D. Blake|Alexandra J. Greenberg|Summer V. Allen|Richard P. Moser|Bradford W. Hesse
Online Health Information Seeking Among US Adults: Measuring Progress Toward a Healthy People 2020 Objective
Mayo Clinic in Florida|National Cancer Institute|Mayo Clinic in Florida|Mayo Clinic in Arizona|National Cancer Institute|National Cancer Institute
past decade availability health information online increased dramatically assessed progress toward healthy people 2020 hp2020 health communication health information technology objective increasing proportion health information seekers easily access health information onlinewe used data 4 administrations health information national trends survey hints 20082017 n 18 103 conducted multivariable logistic regression analysis evaluate trends time experiences accessing health information examine differences sociodemographic variables sex age raceethnicity education income metropolitan status separately used internet vs information sources recent search health informationamong us adults looked health information used internet recent search percentage reported accessing health information without frustration stable study period 372 2008 385 2017 accessing information online without frustration significantly independently associated age 3549 vs age 1834 odds ratio 134 95 confidence interval ci 103 173 nonhispanic black vs nonhispanic white raceethnicity 215 95 ci 155297 annual household income 20 000 vs 75 000 066 95 ci 047093 percentage adults used information source internet reported accessing health information online without frustration ranged 313 2008 427 2017 survey year 2017 vs 2008 161 95 ci 109235 high school graduate education vs college graduate 069 95 ci 049097 significantly independently associated accessing health information without frustration sources internetthe percentage online health information seekers reporting easily accessing health information meet hp2020 objective continued efforts needed enable easy access online health information among diverse populations