TY - JOUR AU - Ab Hamid, Mohd Ramadan AU - Baderol Allam , Fatimah Najihah AU - Buhari , Siti Sabariah AU - Umar , Muhammad PY - 2022/03/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Health Information Seeking Behaviours during COVID-19 among Patients with Hypertension in Selangor JF - Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal JA - E-BPJ VL - 7 IS - 19 SE - Health / Healing Environment DO - 10.21834/ebpj.v7i19.3209 UR - https://ebpj.e-iph.co.uk/index.php/EBProceedings/article/view/3209 SP - 149-155 AB - <p><a style="cursor: pointer;" href="https://crossmark.crossref.org/dialog?doi=10.21834/ebpj.v7i19.3209&amp;domain=ebpj.e-iph.co.uk&amp;uri_scheme=http%3A&amp;cm_version=v2.0" data-target="crossmark"><img src="https://ebpj.e-iph.co.uk/xmark.jpg" alt="" /> </a></p><p>Patients' access to healthcare settings has been restricted to contain the spread of COVID-19, such as altering their health information-seeking behaviors, but this has not been documented among hypertensive patients. This study explored how patients obtain health information about hypertension during COVID-19. Face-to-face and online interviews were employed, and a semi-structured questionnaire was used to guide the interview. Two major themes emerged about the information sources: interpersonal and online. Patients seek health information from family members, healthcare professionals, friends, and online platforms. This study demonstrates that patients continue to seek health information during Pandemic COVID-19 to ensure that their hypertension remains under control.</p><p>Keywords: Health Information; Hypertension; COVID-19; Malay</p><p><em>eISSN: 2398-4287 </em><em>© 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning &amp; Surveying, UniversitiTeknologi MARA, Malaysia.</em></p><p>DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7i19.3209">https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7i19.3209</a></p> ER -