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dc.contributor.authorO'Neill, B
dc.contributor.authorZiebland, S
dc.contributor.authorValderas, J
dc.contributor.authorLupiáñez-Villanueva, F
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-30T11:07:15Z
dc.date.issued2014-04-30
dc.description.abstractThe production of health information has begun to shift from commercial organizations to health care users themselves. People increasingly go online to share their own health and illness experiences and to access information others have posted, but this behavior has not been investigated at a population level in the United Kingdom. Objective: This study aims to explore access and production of user-generated health content among UK Internet users and to investigate relationships between frequency of use and other variables. Methods: We undertook an online survey of 1000 UK Internet users. Descriptive and multivariate statistical analyses were used to interpret the data. Results: Nearly one-quarter of respondents (23.7%, 237/1000) reported accessing and sharing user-generated health content online, whereas more than 20% (22.2%, 222/1000) were unaware that it was possible to do this. Respondents could be divided into 3 groups based on frequency of use: rare users (78.7%, 612/778) who accessed and shared content less than weekly, users (13.9%, 108/778) who did so weekly, and superusers (7.5%, 58/778) who did so on a daily basis. Superusers were more likely to be male (P<.001) and to be employed (P<.001), but there were no differences between the groups with respect to educational level (P=.99) or health status (P=.63). They were more likely to use the Internet for varied purposes such as banking and shopping (P<.001). Conclusions: Although this study found reasonably widespread access of user-generated online health content, only a minority of respondents reported doing so frequently. As this type of content proliferates, superusers are likely to shape the health information that others access. Further research should assess the effect of user-generated online content on health outcomes and use of health services by Internet users. © Martin Duracinsky, Christophe Lalanne, Cécile Goujard, Susan Herrmann, Christian Cheung-Lung, Jean-Paul Brosseau, Yannick Schwartz, Olivier Chassany.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipInstitute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS)en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipEuropean Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC)en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipEuropean Commission Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG Connect)en_GB
dc.identifier.citationVol. 16 (4), article e118en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.2196/jmir.3187
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/38157
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherJournal of Medical Internet Research / JMIR Publicationsen_GB
dc.rights©Braden O'Neill, Sue Ziebland, Jose Valderas, Francisco Lupiáñez-Villanueva. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (http://www.jmir.org), 30.04.2014. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on http://www.jmir.org/, as well as this copyright and license information must be included.en_GB
dc.subjecteHealthen_GB
dc.subjectconsumer health informationen_GB
dc.subjectpatient educationen_GB
dc.subjecthealth educationen_GB
dc.subjecthealth promotionen_GB
dc.subjectsocial mediaen_GB
dc.subjectsuperusersen_GB
dc.titleUser-generated online health content: A survey of internet users in the United Kingdomen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.date.available2019-07-30T11:07:15Z
dc.descriptionThis is the final version. Available on open access from JMIR Publications via the DOI in this recorden_GB
dc.identifier.eissn1438-8871
dc.identifier.journalJournal of Medical Internet Researchen_GB
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/en_GB
dcterms.dateAccepted2014-02-23
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rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2014-04-30
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_GB
refterms.dateFCD2019-07-30T11:03:39Z
refterms.versionFCDVoR
refterms.dateFOA2019-07-30T11:07:25Z
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©Braden O'Neill, Sue Ziebland, Jose Valderas, Francisco Lupiáñez-Villanueva. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (http://www.jmir.org), 30.04.2014.

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