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aging society worsening chronic diseases increase burden patients health care system using online health information including health information via social networking sites snss facebook youtube may play important role selfmanagement chronic diseases health promotion internet users study aims improve strategies promoting access reliable information selfmanagement chronic diseases via internet identify populations facing barriers using internet health examined chronic diseases characteristics associated online health information seeking use snss study used data inform study 2020 nationally representative crosssectional postal mail survey conducted using selfadministered questionnaire 2020 dependent variables online health information seeking sns use online health information seeking assessed using 1 question whether respondents used internet find health medical information sns use assessed inquiring following 4 aspects visiting snss sharing health information snss writing online diary blog watching healthrelated video youtube independent variables 8 chronic diseases independent variables sex age education status work marital status household income health literacy selfreported health status conducted multivariable logistic regression model adjusted independent variables examine associations chronic diseases variables online health information seeking sns use final sample analysis comprised 2481 internet users hypertension high blood pressure chronic lung diseases depression anxiety disorder cancer reported 245 101 77 72 respondents respectively odds ratio online health information seeking among respondents cancer 219 95 ci 147327 compared among without cancer odds ratio among depression anxiety disorder 227 95 ci 146353 compared among without odds ratio watching healthrelated youtube video among chronic lung diseases 142 95 ci 105193 compared among without diseases women younger age higher level education high health literacy positively associated online health information seeking sns use patients cancer strategies promoting access websites reliable cancerrelated information well access among patients chronic lung diseases youtube videos providing reliable information may beneficial management diseases moreover important improve online environment encourage men older adults internet users lower education levels low health literacy access online health information