Breast Cancer Prevention Information Seeking Behavior and Interest on Cell Phone and Text Use: a Cross-sectional Study in Malaysia

Health information seeking behaviour: a concept analysis

“…Of the articles that were retrieved, cancer prevention (Akhtari-Zavare, Ghanbari-Baghestan, Latiff, & Khaniki, 2015;Hay, Orom, Kiviniemi, & Waters, 2015;Jung, Senthilselvan, & Salopek, 2011;Ross et al, 2011) and sexual health (Buhi, Daley, Fuhrmann, & Smith, 2009;Davis, 2014;Mitchell, Ybarra, Korchmaros, & Kosciw, 2014;Zimmerman, 2017) were primary foci of attention. Articles that fit into this context predict that higher knowledge levels about a medical condition or practice will result in positive behaviour change (Akhtari-Zavare et al, 2015;Deng et al, 2015;Zimmerman, 2017), although in several articles this information is implicit instead of stated (Finney- Haluza, Naszay, Stockinger, & Jungwirth, 2017;Rutten, Augustson, Doran, Moser, & Hesse, 2009). A number of articles explored the specific predictors or antecedents to HISB with the intention of behaviour change (Haluza et al, 2017;Hay et al, 2015;Ross et al, 2011).…”

Health Information Seeking Behavior of Breast Cancer Patients: A Qualitative Study

“…Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women which causes a large number of mortalities. (4) It is the second leading cause of cancer death in women. (5) Today, breast cancer is one of the major global health issues in both developed and developing countries.…”

“…(6,7) In recent years, much attention has been paid to the active participation of women with breast cancer in their care process. (4) Current health policies advocate that active involvement of patients in their health care is one of the most important components of care quality. (8)(9)(10) Active participation of women with breast cancer in treatment decision -making is very important due to the high incidence rate of the disease worldwide and the fact that breast cancer patients typically have different treatment options to choose.…”

“…-Experience of information seeking: In the reviewed studies, between 45% and 93% of the participants had reported previous information seeking experience. (4,52,57,72) A large percentage of patients also, had occasionally looked for information. (9) -Average time spent on seeking information and its associated factors: One study has reported this matter.…”

“…All of these studies have shown that the majority of breast cancer patients tend to have information about their disease. (4,9,24,37,57,59,65,66) Breast cancer patients compared to those with other types of cancer are more likely to seek information actively. (37,59,62) It has also been reported that a significant percentage of breast cancer patients don't want to receive detailed information and are merely inclined to have the information they need.…”