Abstract: 【Purpose/significance】This study aims to explore the relationship between patients' health information avoidance behavior
and self-health management.【Method/process】A survey was conducted and 235 valid questionnaires were collected,and the demo?
graphic characteristics of maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients,the degree of avoidance,reasons for avoidance,avoidance strate?
gies and the distribution of avoidance content were analyzed by Chi-square Tests.The study identifies the relationship between pa?
tients' self-health management level and demographic characteristics,and the degree of health information avoidance.A multi-factor
Logistic regression analysis was also performed to explore the influence of different factors on self-health management of MHD pa?
tients【. Result/conclusion】The study found that MHD patients have obvious health information avoidance behaviors.Anxiety about dis? eases,health information screening,and privacy protection are important reasons for MHD patients' information avoidance behaviors; patients avoid health information related to their own diseases by delaying to obtain information,diverting attention and rejecting infor? mation sources; patients' self-health management ability is closely related to health information avoidance behavior,and patients with severe evasiveness have poor self-health management ability【. Innovation/limitation】The study focuses on specific patient populations, expands information avoidance behavior research,and enriches information behavior research.In particular,for MHD patients this study proposes to pay attention to patient psychology,improve patient health information literacy,and improve patients' self-health manage? ment ability,in order to effectively respond to health information avoidance behavior