ArticleJournal of medical Internet research2024
Online Depression Communities as a Complementary Approach to Improving the Attitudes of Patients With Depression Toward Medication Adherence: Cross-Sectional Survey Study.
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backgroundLack of adherence to prescribed medication is common among patients with depression in China, posing serious challenges to the health care system. Online health communities have been found to be effective in enhancing patient compliance. However, empirical evidence supporting this effect in the context of depression treatment is absent, and the influence of online health community content on patients' attitudes toward medication adherence is also underexplored.
objectiveThis study aims to explore whether online depression communities (ODCs) can help ameliorate the problem of poor medication taking among patients with depression. Drawing on the stimulus-organism-response and feelings-as-information theories, we established a research model to examine the influence of useful institution-generated content (IGC) and positive user-generated content (UGC) on attitudes toward medication adherence when combined with the mediating role of perceived social support, perceived value of antidepressants, and the moderating role of hopelessness.
methodsA cross-sectional questionnaire survey method was used in this research. Participants were recruited from various Chinese ODCs, generating data for a main study and 2 robustness checks. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses and bootstrapping analyses were adopted as the primary methods to test the hypotheses.
resultsWe received 1515 valid responses in total, contributing to 5 different datasets: model IGC (n=353, 23.3%), model UGC (n=358, 23.63%), model IGC+UGC (n=270, 17.82%), model IGC-B (n=266, 17.56%), and model UGC-B (n=268, 17.69%). Models IGC and UGC were used for the main study. Model IGC+UGC was used for robustness check A. Models IGC-B and UGC-B were used for robustness check B. Useful IGC and positive UGC were proven to have positive impact on the attitudes of patients with depression toward medication adherence through the mediations of perceived social support and perceived value of antidepressants. The findings corroborated the role of hopelessness in weakening or even negating the positive effects of ODC content on the attitudes of patients with depression toward medication adherence.
conclusionsThis study provides the first empirical evidence demonstrating the relationship between ODC content and attitudes toward medication adherence, through which we offer a novel solution to the problem of poor medication adherence among patients with depression in China. Our findings also provide suggestions about how to optimize this new approach-health care practitioners should generate online content that precisely matches the informational needs of patients with depression, and ODC service providers should endeavor to regulate the community atmosphere. Nonetheless, we warn that ODC interventions cannot be used as the only approach to addressing the problem of poor medication taking among patients with severe depressive symptoms.
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