Patients’ Online Information-Seeking Behavior Throughout Treatment: The Impact on Medication Beliefs and Medication Adherence

Figures & data

Figure 1. Flowchart inclusion of patients.

Table 1. Differences in users and non-users.

	Non-users	Users throughout treatment (before and/or after)	Internet use before consultation	Internet use after consultation
Adherence^a T1^b	M = 0.17 SD = 0.53	M = 0.55 SD = 1.32	M = 0.54 SD = 1.36	M = 0.80 SD = 1.60
Adherence^a T2^c	M = 0.94 SD = 1.03	M = 0.84 SD = 1.61	M = 0.89 SD = 1.66	M = 0.92 SD = 1.90
NCD^d T1^a	M = 6.17 SD = 3.96	M = 4.89 SD = 4.76	M = 4.66 SD = 4.67	M = 5.02 SD = 5.11
NCD^d T2 ^c	M = 7.50 SD = 4.73	M = 4.38 SD = 5.58	M = 4.04 SD = 5.53	M = 4.12 SD = 6.07

^aA lower score indicates higher self-reported medication adherence

^bT1 = measured after three weeks

^cT2 = measured after six months

^dHigher, positive scores indicate that necessity was valued higher than concerns and lower, negative scores indicate that concerns were rated higher than perceived need