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Healthy habits, better searches: behavioral predictors of cancer information access
Nicholas Acuna1, Katelyn M Atkins2,3, Shaowli Kabir4
1Community Outreach and Engagement, Cedars-Sinai Cancer, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Objective:
This study examined the association of cancer-preventive lifestyle behaviors with cancer information-seeking experiences among United States adults without a history of cancer.
Methods:
We analyzed data from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) 7 from 2412 participants between March 2024 and September 2024. A healthy behavior index was constructed based on lifestyle behaviors and categorized into quintiles (Q1-Q5), where Q5 reflects a higher healthy lifestyle score. The Information Seeking Experience scale was computed from four questions that capture participants' experiences for cancer-related information (i.e., search required a lot of effort, was frustrating, raised concerns about information quality, or was hard to understand) and was categorized into quartiles (Q1-Q4, where Q4 reflects the most positive experiences).
Results:
Compared with the lowest healthy behavior index quintile, the quintile was associated with higher relative risk ratios (RRRs) for Information Seeking Experience Q3 (RRR = 2.3; 95% CI: 1.2,4.5) and Q4 (RRR = 2.7; 95% CI: 1.5,5.0). Maintaining a healthy weight (RRR Information Seeking Experience Q4 = 1.9, 95% CI = 1.2,3.1) and not consuming alcohol (RRR Information Seeking Experience Q3 = 2.4; 95% CI = 1.1,5.3) were also associated with more positive experiences.
Conclusions:
Adults with lower healthy behavior profiles reported more negative cancer information-seeking experiences.
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