Peer health posts surface new uncertainties, such as questions and concerns for readers. Prior work focused primarily on improving relevance and accuracy fails to address users' diverse information needs and emotions triggered. Instead, we propose directly addressing these by information augmentation. We introduce Evidotes, an information support system that augments individual posts with relevant scientific and anecdotal information retrieved using three user-selectable lenses (dive deeper, focus on positivity, and big picture). In a mixed-methods study with 17 chronic illness patients, Evidotes improved self-reported information satisfaction (3.2->4.6) and reduced self-reported emotional cost (3.4->1.9) compared to participants' baseline browsing. Moreover, by co-presenting sources, Evidotes unlocked information symbiosis: anecdotes made research accessible and contextual, while research helped filter and generalize peer stories. Our work enables an effective integration of scientific evidence and human anecdotes to help users better manage health uncertainty.

翻译：同伴健康帖子会引发新的不确定性，例如读者的疑问与担忧。先前研究主要侧重于提升信息相关性与准确性，未能满足用户多样化的信息需求与情感反应。为此，我们提出通过信息增强直接应对这些问题。本文介绍Evidotes——一种信息支持系统，该系统通过三种用户可选视角（深度探究、关注积极面、宏观概览）检索相关科学证据与个人轶事，对单篇帖子进行信息增强。一项针对17名慢性病患者的混合方法研究表明，与参与者基线浏览体验相比，Evidotes将自我报告的信息满意度从3.2提升至4.6，并将自我报告的情感成本从3.4降低至1.9。此外，通过并列呈现信息来源，Evidotes实现了信息共生：个人轶事使科研内容更易理解且情境化，而科研证据则帮助筛选和泛化同伴经历。本研究实现了科学证据与人类经验的有效融合，帮助用户更好地应对健康不确定性。