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Effect of Online Health Information Seeking on Anxiety in Hospitalized Pregnant Women: Cohort Study.


ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:There are approximately 1,000,000 pregnant women at high risk for obstetric complications per year, more than half of whom require hospitalization. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine the relation between online health information seeking and anxiety levels in a sample of hospitalized woman with pregnancy-related complications. METHODS:A sample of 105 pregnant women hospitalized in northern Italy, all with an obstetric complication diagnosis, completed different questionnaires: Use of Internet Health-information (UIH) questionnaire about use of the internet, EuroQOL 5 dimensions (EQ-5D) questionnaire on quality of life, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) questionnaire measuring general anxiety levels, and a questionnaire about critical events occurring during hospitalization. RESULTS:Overall, 98/105 (93.3%) of the women used the internet at home to obtain nonspecific information about health in general and 95/105 (90.5%) of the women used the internet to specifically search for information related to their obstetric disease. Online health information-seeking behavior substantially decreased the self-reported anxiety levels (P=.008). CONCLUSIONS:Web browsing for health information was associated with anxiety reduction, suggesting that the internet can be a useful instrument in supporting professional intervention to control and possibly reduce discomfort and anxiety for women during complicated pregnancies.

SUBMITTER: Coglianese F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7240442 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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<h4>Background</h4>There are approximately 1,000,000 pregnant women at high risk for obstetric complications per year, more than half of whom require hospitalization.<h4>Objective</h4>The aim of this study was to determine the relation between online health information seeking and anxiety levels in a sample of hospitalized woman with pregnancy-related complications.<h4>Methods</h4>A sample of 105 pregnant women hospitalized in northern Italy, all with an obstetric complication diagnosis, complet  ...[more]

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