Antecedents predicting health information seeking: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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Highlights：

• Emotional response is the most commonly applied antecedent of HIS.

• Information avoidance is closely linked to emotional responses.

• Health status is the only factor that exhibited a negative aggregated effect size.

• Individual tend to comply with the norms of groups to which they belong for HIS.

摘要

•Emotional response is the most commonly applied antecedent of HIS.•Information avoidance is closely linked to emotional responses.•Health status is the only factor that exhibited a negative aggregated effect size.•Individual tend to comply with the norms of groups to which they belong for HIS.

论文关键词：Health information seeking,Personal factors,Contextual factors,Meta-analysis,Effect sizes

论文评审过程：Received 27 January 2019, Revised 24 February 2020, Accepted 10 March 2020, Available online 8 June 2020, Version of Record 8 June 2020.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2020.102115