E-health: Patterns of use and perceived benefits and barriers among people living with HIV and their physicians, Part 1

Jacomet, C., Bastiani, P., Prouteau, J., Lambert, C., Linard, F., Ologeanu-Taddei, R., & Dellamonica, P. (2020). E-health. Patterns of use and perceived benefits and barriers among people living with HIV and their physicians. Part 1: Information retrieval on the Internet and social networks. Medecine et maladies infectieuses, 50(7), 575–581.

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  • More than half of PLWH surveyed had already searched for health information on the Internet, and one in two had changed their behavior based on the online search. PLWH did not see the Internet as an alternative to physicians but they wanted their physicians to guide them on how to find quality health information to better self-manage their condition.