Table 5 Associated factors of HISB among patients with IBD

Demographic

 Age

17

[16, 17, 36, 43, 44, 48, 50, 59, 60, 65, 66, 69, 70, 73, 76, 81, 84]

 Education level

8

[17, 38, 52, 55, 60, 69, 73, 84]

 Gender

11

[16, 17, 44, 48, 52, 60, 65, 68, 74, 77, 81]

 Race / Ethnicity

3

[16, 61, 84]

 Income

1

[55]

Psychological

 Disease-related anxiety and fears

6

[16, 38, 56, 69, 70, 88]

 Individual interest/preference

7

[44, 53, 55, 58, 68, 70, 84]

 Self-efficacy in learning

1

[49]

 Self-efficacy in health

2

[44, 70]

 Experience of seeking health information

4

[44, 63, 70, 84]

Role-related or interpersonal

4

[48, 61, 68, 70]

Environmental

  Place of residence

4

[36, 48, 85, 86]

Source-related characteristics

 Credibility

  Trustworthiness

7

[16, 17, 55, 60, 81, 84, 88]

  Output quality

7

[17, 38, 58, 60,61,62, 77]

 Usefulness

  Perceived usefulness of health information

3

[58, 60, 61]

  Perceived usefulness of ways to access information

7

[45, 47, 56, 62, 71, 77, 84]

  Perceived negative of health information

2

[56, 82]

Disease-related

  Disease duration

8

[38, 48, 66, 69, 71, 75, 78, 84]

  Disease activity / Severity

8

[16, 37, 38, 51, 70, 75, 81, 84]

  Experience of treatment

3

[16, 73, 81]

  Types of IBD

4

[16, 72, 76, 81]