Healthy lifestyle during pregnancy: Uncovering the role of online health information seeking experience

In the new era, many people seek their health-related information through the Internet due to the increasing access to this technology. Searching online health information can affect the health behavior. This study aimed to investigate the correlation between online health information-seeking behavi...

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Published in:PloS one 2022-08, Vol.17 (8), p.e0271989-e0271989
Main Authors: Rezaee, Rita, Ravangard, Ramin, Amani, Fahime, Dehghani Tafti, Arefeh, Shokrpour, Nasrin, Bahrami, Mohammad Amin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biology and Life Sciences
Computer and Information Sciences
Correlation
Correlation coefficient
Correlation coefficients
Data collection
Education
Evaluation
Health aspects
Health behavior
Information sources
Information-seeking behavior
Internet
Life style
Maternal & child health
Medicine and Health Sciences
Nutrition
Pregnancy
Pregnancy complications
Pregnant women
Research and Analysis Methods
Social Sciences
Statistical correlation
Statistics
Womens health
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Summary:In the new era, many people seek their health-related information through the Internet due to the increasing access to this technology. Searching online health information can affect the health behavior. This study aimed to investigate the correlation between online health information-seeking behavior and a healthy lifestyle during pregnancy in a sample of Iranian pregnant women. This cross-sectional study was conducted among pregnant women admitted to health centers of Eghlid city, Fars province, Iran in 2019. A total of 193 women participated in the study. The required data were gathered using two validated questionnaires to measure the online health information-seeking behavior and the healthy lifestyle practices of the participants. The collected data were analyzed through descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation coefficient using SPSS version 22. Online health information experience and its subscales showed no statistical correlation with a healthy lifestyle. Age and education did not correlate with online health information-seeking behavior. Age had a statistical correlation with a healthy lifestyle, but education had the same correlation only with some subscales of a healthy lifestyle. The findings were surprising, suggesting that online health information-seeking behavior does not affect the lifestyle of pregnant women. These finding and probable explanations are discussed, but due to the limited literature on the subject, further studies are recommended to be conducted.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0271989