From: Studies analysing the need for health-related information in Germany - a systematic review
Category | Information needs about (examples) |
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Aetiology | Causes of disease, risk factors, individual risk |
Complementary and alternative medicine | Complementary and alternative medicine |
Coping | Coping with pain, handling of disease in daily life, psychological support, spiritual support, self-help group |
Diagnosis | Diagnostic procedures, examination results, progress of disease, symptoms |
Financial/legal | Financial support, reimbursement of health insurance, entitlement for disabled people, social law, applying for pension, sick leave certification |
Medical system | Contact data of different health care providers, quality data about health care providers, services of health insurances, ‘How many patients with a specific condition does the doctor treat’ |
Nutrition | Diet |
Prevention/Health promotion | Screening tests, protection against risk factors, What can I do by myself |
Prognosis | Course of disease, possible consequences |
Rehabilitation | Possibilities of rehabilitation, clinics, payer, contact persons |
Social life/interpersonal | Impact of disease on job, school, free time, daily life, partnership, sexuality |
Treatment | Current treatment, treatment options, risks, benefits, advantages and disadvantages, side effects, physiotherapy |