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