Akzeptanz und Nutzung einer Website mit Gesundheitsinformationen zu psychischen Erkrankungen – www.psychenet.de

OBJECTIVES: Aim of our study was to investigate acceptance and use of the German e-mental health website - www.psychenet.de offering evidence-based health information, self-tests and patient decision aids concerning mental disorders and issues.

METHODS: The website was evaluated by means of an online survey (acceptance) and automatically generated data by web analysis software (use).

RESULTS: Overall, the website psychenet.de achieved high acceptance ratings among its users. In addition, the number of visitors to the website has increased steadily.

CONCLUSION: Results indicate that psychenet.de offers mental health information that are more likely to be used by certain groups (e. g., highly educated persons). Future research should focus on different presentation modes of health information (e. g. text- vs. video-based) for hard to reach target groups in order to potentially increase reach of health information to a broader audience.