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Theme Issue: The New Digital Normal in Health and Medicine (42) Quality/Credibility of eHealth Information and Trust Issues (686) Information Retrieval (369) mHealth for Treatment Adherence (509) Clinical Communication, Electronic Consultation and Telehealth (835) Engagement with and Adherence to Digital Health Interventions, Law of Attrition (713)

Published on in Vol 28 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/91115, first published .
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Associations and Pathways Between Online Health Information–Seeking Behavior and Patient Adherence: Cross-Sectional Study

Associations and Pathways Between Online Health Information–Seeking Behavior and Patient Adherence: Cross-Sectional Study

Authors of this article:

Zhenyu Xu1 Author Orcid Image ;   Jingjing Jia2 Author Orcid Image ;   Chaofan Wu3 Author Orcid Image
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Zhenyu Xu   1 * , MMed ;   Jingjing Jia   2 * , MM ;   Chaofan Wu   3 , MM

1 Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Lishui University, Lishui People's Hospital, Lishui, Zhejiang, China

2 School of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

3 Department of Personnel, The First Affiliated Hospital of Lishui University, Lishui People's Hospital, Lishui, Zhejiang, China

*these authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Chaofan Wu, MM
  • Department of Personnel
  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Lishui University, Lishui People's Hospital
  • 15 Dazhong Street, Lishui City
  • Lishui, Zhejiang 323000
  • China
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