Health information-seeking behavior and self-care in women with osteoporosis: a qualitative study.

Unlabelled: The main findings of this study on the self-care behaviors contain "identification of knowledge gaps," "established networking for seeking information," "information from trust-to-distrust," "information-seeking inhibiting factors," "information-seeking facilitating factors," and "self-care behaviors based on required knowledge."

Purpose: Health information-seeking behavior affects self-care and could promote quality of life and life expectancy. This study aimed at assessing health information-seeking and self-care behaviors of women with osteoporosis in Iran.