Two sides of trust: How cancer survivors’ communication with healthcare providers and on social media predicted healthy behaviors during COVID-19.

Two sides of trust: How cancer survivors’ communication with healthcare providers and on social media predicted healthy behaviors during COVID-19.

Publication date: Feb 01, 2025

COVID-19 exacerbated pre-existing social inequalities. Using three theories linking clinical and media contexts to patients’ health outcomes, our study investigated (1) potential factors of cancer patients’ trust in healthcare providers and social media; (2) how such trust may influence healthy lifestyles during COVID-19. Using structural equation modeling, we investigated effects of key patient-provider communication variables and media factors on healthy behaviors among cancer survivors (N = 1130) using a nationally representative dataset (HINTS-SEER restricted use files, January-July 2021). More healthy behaviors since COVID-19 began were associated with more trust in healthcare providers, lower trust in social media about COVID-19, and more use of social media for health purposes. More trust in social media about COVID-19 was associated with more use of social media for health purposes (p

Concepts Keywords
Exacerbated Adult
Healthcare Aged
July Cancer Survivors
Cancer survivors
Communication
COVID-19
Female
Health Behavior
Health Personnel
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Misinformation
Neoplasms
Patient trust
Patient-provider communication
Physician-Patient Relations
Professional-Patient Relations
SARS-CoV-2
Social Media
Social media use
Trust

Semantics

Type Source Name
disease MESH cancer
disease MESH COVID-19
disease MESH lifestyles
disease MESH Long Covid

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