Adult health information overload assessment tool:a scoping review

Corresponding author: sang meijie, sangmeijie@hebcm.edu.cn

DOI: 10.12201/bmr.202512.00049

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  Abstract: Objective To review the assessment tools for adult health information overload, analyze the types, performance and characteristics of these tools, and provide reference for the selection of such assessment tools. Methods: The Chinese and English databases of CNKI, Wanfang,VIP, CBM, PubMed, Web of Science, and Embase were searched from the establishment of the database to August 26, 2025. The basic information of literature and assessment tools was extracted, and the search results were standardized and reported. Results A total of 19 articles were included, including 22 assessment tools for adult health information overload. All of them were subjective assessment tools. The reliability was mostly tested by internal consistency reliability, and the validity was mostly tested by construct validity. All were single-dimension measurements. Conclusion The current health information overload assessment tools have good reliability, but the validity verification of some tools and the methodology of development and validation still need to be improved. In the future, interdisciplinary cooperation should be promoted, a unified definition and dimension system of health information overload should be established, an evaluation system of universal core scale + specific module should be developed, and the development of localized tools and population-specific research should be strengthened in combination with objective measurement techniques to improve the accuracy and clinical applicability of the assessment.

  Key words: health information overload; Assessment tools; Review of scope

  Submit time: 17 December 2025

  Copyright: The copyright holder for this preprint is the author/funder, who has granted biomedRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity.
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