A Review of the Influencing Mechanisms of Health Anxiety and Health Information Seeking Behavior
Purpose/Significance To explore the influencing factors and interaction mechanism of health anxiety and health informa-tion seeking behavior.Method/Process Cross-sectional studies on the relationship between health anxiety and health information see-king behavior in recent years are searched from PubMed,WoS and CNKI,and literature analysis is conducted.Result/Conclusion Health information seeking behavior,perception,intolerable uncertainty and information characteristics have important effects on health anxiety.Health anxiety,health information literacy,self-efficacy and behavioral intention have important effects on health information seeking behavior,health anxiety and health information seeking behavior interact through mediating factors.
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