The Relation Between eHealth Literacy and Online Health Information–Seeking Behavior: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Background: Online health information–seeking (OHIS) behavior shapes health self-management, and eHealth literacy—the ability to seek, appraise, and apply electronic health information—is regarded as its key driver. Previous reviews aggregated heterogeneous outcomes, focused on measurement properties, or examined single clinical populations, without isolating the eHealth literacy–OHIS link. Objective: This study quantified the strength and heterogeneity of the eHealth literacy–OHIS association a
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Published: 15 July 2026
Source: JMIR (Journal of Medical Internet Research)
Category: Research
Topics: Healthcare
Retrieved: 16 July 2026
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ethics.ai (15 July 2026), “The Relation Between eHealth Literacy and Online Health Information–Seeking Behavior: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis,” evidence record 10701, https://ethics.ai/record/10701 (originally published by JMIR (Journal of Medical Internet Research)).
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