• Department of Nephrology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University / West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
YUAN Huaihong, Email: yuanhuaihong@wchscu.cn
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Objective  To explore the current status of electronic health (eHealth) literacy and online health information seeking behavior of maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients, and to explore the relationship between them. Methods  MHD patients in the Hemodialysis Center of West China Hospital of Sichuan University between January and April 2022 were selected by convenient sampling method. The patients were investigated with general condition questionnaire, eHealth Literacy Scale and internet health information retrieval behavior questionnaire. According to the score of eHealth literacy, patients were divided into high eHealth literacy group and low eHealth literacy group, to compare the differences between the two groups, and analyze the factors that affected the internet health information retrieval behavior. Results  A total of 194 MHD patients were included. Among them, 112 were male and 82 were female. The average score of eHealth literacy was 24.84±9.24. There were 136 cases in low eHealth literacy group, and the average score of eHealth literacy was 20.76±7.91. There were 58 cases in high eHealth literacy group, and the average score of eHealth literacy was 34.36±3.01. Multivariate analysis showed that eHealth literacy and education level were the influencing factors of health information search behavior (P<0.05). Conclusions  The overall eHealth literacy of MHD patients is low, and the online health information search means is single and behaviorally inconsistent. It is necessary to improve the eHealth literacy of hemodialysis patients, and at the same time, provide various health information publicity and education for patients with different levels of eHealth literacy, which will help them better carry out disease management.

Citation: XIONG Rui, FAN Dandan, YANG Yujie, YUAN Huaihong. Research on electronic health literacy and online health information search behavior of maintenance hemodialysis patients. West China Medical Journal, 2022, 37(11): 1690-1696. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.202206012 Copy