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Pian, Wenjing (Pian, Wenjing.) [1] (Scholars:骈文景) | Khoo, Christopher S. G. (Khoo, Christopher S. G..) [2] | Chi, Jianxing (Chi, Jianxing.) [3]

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Background: Users searching for health information on the Internet may be searching for their own health issue, searching for someone else's health issue, or browsing with no particular health issue in mind. Previous research has found that these three categories of users focus on different types of health information. However, most health information websites provide static content for all users. If the three types of user health information need contexts can be identified by the Web application, the search results or information offered to the user can be customized to increase its relevance or usefulness to the user. Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the possibility of identifying the three user health information contexts (searching for self, searching for others, or browsing with no particular health issue in mind) using just hyperlink clicking behavior; using eye-tracking information; and using a combination of eye-tracking, demographic, and urgency information. Predictive models are developed using multinomial logistic regression. Methods: A total of 74 participants (39 females and 35 males) who were mainly staff and students of a university were asked to browse a health discussion forum, Healthboards. com. An eye tracker recorded their examining (eye fixation) and skimming (quick eye movement) behaviors on 2 types of screens: summary result screen displaying a list of post headers, and detailed post screen. The following three types of predictive models were developed using logistic regression analysis: model 1 used only the time spent in scanning the summary result screen and reading the detailed post screen, which can be determined from the user's mouse clicks; model 2 used the examining and skimming durations on each screen, recorded by an eye tracker; and model 3 added user demographic and urgency information to model 2. Results: An analysis of variance (ANOVA) analysis found that users' browsing durations were significantly different for the three health information contexts (P<.001). The logistic regression model 3 was able to predict the user's type of health information context with a 10-fold cross validation mean accuracy of 84% (62/74), followed by model 2 at 73% (54/74) and model 1 at 71% (52/78). In addition, correlation analysis found that particular browsing durations were highly correlated with users' age, education level, and the urgency of their information need. Conclusions: A user's type of health information need context (ie, searching for self, for others, or with no health issue in mind) can be identified with reasonable accuracy using just user mouse clicks that can easily be detected by Web applications. Higher accuracy can be obtained using Google glass or future computing devices with eye tracking function.

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consumer health information information-seeking behavior Internet medical informatics social media

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  • [ 1 ] [Pian, Wenjing]Fuzhou Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Decis Sci Inst, Fuzhou, Fujian, Peoples R China
  • [ 2 ] [Khoo, Christopher S. G.]Nanyang Technol Univ, Wee Kim Wee Sch Commun & Informat, Singapore, Singapore
  • [ 3 ] [Chi, Jianxing]Fujian Normal Univ, Coll Commun, Qishan Campus, Fuzhou 350117, Fujian, Peoples R China

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  • [Chi, Jianxing]Fujian Normal Univ, Coll Commun, Qishan Campus, Fuzhou 350117, Fujian, Peoples R China

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JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH

ISSN: 1438-8871

Year: 2017

Issue: 12

Volume: 19

4 . 6 7 1

JCR@2017

5 . 8 0 0

JCR@2023

ESI Discipline: CLINICAL MEDICINE;

ESI HC Threshold:205

JCR Journal Grade:1

CAS Journal Grade:1

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WoS CC Cited Count: 6

SCOPUS Cited Count: 10

ESI Highly Cited Papers on the List: 0 Unfold All

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