Exploring the socio-economic determinants of health information-seeking behaviour on the Internet in Turkey

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dc.contributor.authorKonca, Murat
dc.contributor.authorDemirci, Senol
dc.contributor.authorCakmak, Cuma
dc.contributor.authorUgurluoglu, Ozgur
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-24T17:24:47Z
dc.date.available2024-04-24T17:24:47Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.departmentDicle Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractIntroduction. The digitisation of health care services has popularised Internet based health information-seeking behaviour. This research investigates the connection between the socio-demographic and economic characteristics of Turkish individuals and their online health information-seeking behaviour. Method. The study method was binary logistic regression on existing social datasets. Analysis. This study considered the dataset obtained from a survey conducted by the Turkish Statistical Institute. The effects of age, sex, education level, working status, location, and frequency of Internet use on the health information-seeking behaviour on the Internet were examined. Results. Health information was sought more frequently by women than men, by people aged 26-35 and 36-45 than by those 25 and below, by people with higher income, and by those with higher levels of education. Health information searches were also conducted more often in developed regions than in less-developed regions. The habit of seeking health information online was also found to be more common among those who use the Internet more frequently. Conclusions. The current paper examined the effects of socio-demographic and economic characteristics of Turkish individuals on their online health information-seeking behaviour and contributes new insights on this behaviour.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.47989/irpaper930
dc.identifier.issn1368-1613
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85142249821
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.47989/irpaper930
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11468/19830
dc.identifier.volume27en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000817179500012
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniv Sheffield Dept Information Studiesen_US
dc.relation.ispartofInformation Research-An International Electronic Journal
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subject[No Keyword]en_US
dc.titleExploring the socio-economic determinants of health information-seeking behaviour on the Internet in Turkeyen_US
dc.titleExploring the socio-economic determinants of health information-seeking behaviour on the Internet in Turkey
dc.typeArticleen_US

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