Published on in Vol 25 (2023)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/44741, first published .
Chronic Diseases and Sociodemographic Characteristics Associated With Online Health Information Seeking and Using Social Networking Sites: Nationally Representative Cross-sectional Survey in Japan

Chronic Diseases and Sociodemographic Characteristics Associated With Online Health Information Seeking and Using Social Networking Sites: Nationally Representative Cross-sectional Survey in Japan

Chronic Diseases and Sociodemographic Characteristics Associated With Online Health Information Seeking and Using Social Networking Sites: Nationally Representative Cross-sectional Survey in Japan

Seigo Mitsutake   1 * , PT, PhD ;   Yoshimitsu Takahashi   2 , DrPH ;   Aki Otsuki   3, 4 , PhD ;   Jun Umezawa   5 , ME ;   Akiko Yaguchi-Saito   3, 6 , MPH, PhD ;   Junko Saito   3 , PhD ;   Maiko Fujimori   3, 7 , PhD ;   Taichi Shimazu   3 * , MD, PhD ;   INFORM Study Group   8

1 Human Care Research Team, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan

2 Department of Health Informatics, Kyoto University School of Public Health, Kyoto, Japan

3 Division of Behavioral Sciences, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan

4 Division of Prevention, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan

5 Division of Cohort Research, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan

6 Faculty of Human Sciences, Tokiwa University, Ibaraki, Japan

7 Division of Supportive Care, Survivorship and Translational Research, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan

8 See Acknowledgements, Tokyo, Japan

*these authors contributed equally

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  • Seigo Mitsutake, PT, PhD
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