Chronic Diseases and Sociodemographic Characteristics Associated With Online Health Information Seeking and Using Social Networking Sites: Nationally Representative Cross-sectional Survey in Japan

• Ngā kaituhi matua: Seigo Mitsutake (Author), Yoshimitsu Takahashi (Author), Aki Otsuki (Author), Jun Umezawa (Author), Akiko Yaguchi-Saito (Author), Junko Saito (Author), Maiko Fujimori (Author), Taichi Shimazu (Author)
• Hōputu: Pukapuka
• I whakaputaina: JMIR Publications, 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Ngā marau: article
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BackgroundIn an aging society, worsening chronic diseases increase the burden on patients and the health care system. Using online health information including health information via social networking sites (SNSs), such as Facebook and YouTube, may play an important role in the self-management of ch...