Users and non-users of web-based health advice service among Finnish university students – chronic conditions and self-reported health status (a cross-sectional study)
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- 31 January 2008
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
- Vol. 8 (1) , 8
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6947-8-8
Abstract
The Internet is increasingly used by citizens as source of health information. Young, highly educated adults use the Internet frequently to search for health-related information. Our study explores whether reported chronic conditions or self-reported health status differed among Finnish university students using the Finnish Student Health Services web-based health advice service compared with those not using the service.Keywords
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