Clarification of Issues Raised in the Editorial 'A New Age for Cancer Information Seeking: Are We Better Off Now?'

摘要

I read with great interest the editorial by Paul R. Helft, MD about my article "Frustrated and Confused: The American Public Rates its Cancer-Related Information-Seeking Experiences." My coauthors and I are very appreciative that the journal considered our findings worthy of an editorial. However, I did come across a few inaccuracies in the editorial that I discuss below and provide needed clarification.On the first page, the editorial states"... the sampled cohort may not be educationally representative of US adults in general, as the 2006 US Census data suggests that more than 80% of US adults over the age of 20 are high school graduates, whereas only 32% of the HINTS survey cohort reported having graduated from high school."