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. 2021 Jul 26;23(7):e27539. doi: 10.2196/27539

Table 2.

Content analysis of 13 representative national health information–seeking tools.a

Domain, subdomain, dimension, theme Theme occurrence (%) Theme occurrence average percentage (SD) Subdomain average percentage (SD) Domain average percentage (SD)
Information 33.0 (14.9)

Information about health 44.9 (14.9)


Attitude 26.9 (5.4)




Perceived ease of use 30.8





Perceived efficacy of seeking 23.1




Behavior 53.8 (6.3)




Search experience (frequency) 46.2





Information source 61.5





Type of information contents 53.8





Purpose of search (for whom) 53.8



Patient medical record 24.0 (6.4)


Attitude 21.5 (6.4)




Perceived privacy and confidentiality risk 23.1





Perceived ease of use 15.4





Perceived usefulness 23.1





Intention to use 15.4





Preference to provide access to others 30.8




Behavior 28.2 (4.4)




Access frequency 30.8





Type of information contents sought 23.1





Purpose of seeking a record 30.8


Channel 50.5 (18.2)

Offline 50.5 (15.9)


Attitude 41.0 (4.4)




Perceived credibility 38.5





Perceived ease of use 38.5





Satisfaction with service quality 46.2




Behavior 57.7 (18.3)




Access frequency 84.6





Type of health service 46.2





Communication with health care provider 46.2





Health-related decision making 53.8



Online 50.5 (19.7)


Attitude 39.6 (15.0)




Perceived credibility 53.8





Perceived ease of use 38.5





Perceived usefulness 53.8





Perceived eHealth literacy (technology efficacy) 53.8





Satisfaction with web-based information 15.4





Perceived confidentiality risks 30.8





Intention to use 30.8




Behavior 59.0 (19.2)




Access frequency 92.3





Type of information technology device 61.5





Health-related web and app (software use) 46.2





Web-based resource (governmental website, Wikipedia, etc) 53.8





Communication (consult) with health care provider 76.9





Communication with friends and others (social media, forum, etc) 61.5





Health-related decision making 69.2





Tracking/managing health state 38.5





Improvement of health knowledge 30.8


Health 44.2 (20.6)

Overall health 53.8 (18.0)


Attitude 34.6 (5.4)




Perceived health efficacy 38.5





Concerns and belief about health 30.8




Behavior 59.3 (16.4)




General health state 84.6





Diseases diagnosed 69.2





Height 61.5





Weight 61.5





Mental health 53.8





Caregiving 30.8





Social support 53.8



Lifestyle 32.7 (21.3)


Attitude 15.4 (8.9)




Perception about nutrition 7.7





Perception about physical activity 15.4





Perception about alcohol 23.1





Perception about tobacco 23.1




Behavior 50.0 (13.3)




Nutrition 30.8





Physical activity 61.5





Alcohol 53.8





Tobacco 53.8



Cancer 46.2 (13.3)


Attitude

Perception about cancer 38.5




Behavior 50.0 (16.3)




Cancer check-up 38.5





Cancer diagnosed 61.5


aTotal average percentage of the themes=44.0 (SD 19.3), total average percentage of attitude themes=30.4 (SD 13.5), and total average percentage of behavior themes=53.8 (SD 16.9).