Internet use for information seeking in clinical practice: A cross-sectional survey among French general practitioners
Internet use for information seeking in clinical practice: A cross-sectional survey among French general practitioners
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2012.02.001
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发表时间：
2012-07-01
影响因子：
4.9
通讯作者：
Hebbrecht, Gilles
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作者：
Bernard, Erik;Arnould, Michel;Hebbrecht, Gilles
背景：全科医生（GP）对患者护理的医疗信息需求特别大。互联网似乎是一个相关的，但未充分利用的工具，以寻求medical information.Objective：我们的目的是描述的特点，法国全科医生使用互联网的信息seeking，以确定其使用的障碍和因素，可以促进it.Method：我们进行了一项横断面调查，目前在法国执业的全科医生，使用在线问卷，在2009年7月。结果：大部分受访者使用互联网寻求信息。他们明显年轻，在小组实践中工作，接受过互联网培训，并在实践中使用互联网。主要障碍与医生（缺乏知识或具体技能）、执业条件（缺乏时间、担心与患者的关系、财务不认可）和信息（信息过载、质量问题、相关性低、语言障碍）有关。从业者需要更可靠和更相关的文件用于日常实践。已经选定的资源的网站可以增加全球定位系统使用互联网的医疗信息searching.Conclusion：报告的障碍是很大程度上常见的与以前描述的其他国家，除了语言障碍和金融不承认。即使我们的结果推广到所有法国的全科医生应该谨慎，这项研究提供了更好的洞察障碍，互联网的使用，以寻求在家庭实践中的临床信息和因素，可以促进它。（C）2012爱思唯尔爱尔兰有限公司。保留所有权利。
Background: Medical information needs regarding patient care are particularly large for general practitioners (GPs). The Internet seems to be a relevant but underused tool to seek medical information.Objective: We aimed to describe the characteristics of the French GPs using the Internet for information seeking, to identify the barriers to its use and the factors that could facilitate it.Method: We conducted a cross-sectional survey among GPs currently practicing in France, using an online questionnaire, in July 2009. We analysed the answers of 721 respondents.Results: Most of the respondents used the Internet to seek information. They were significantly younger, worked in group practice, had Internet training and had Internet access at the practice. The main barriers were related to the physician (lack of knowledge or specific skills), to the practice conditions (lack of time, concerns about relationship with patient, financial non-recognition) and to the information (information overload, quality concerns, low relevance, language barrier). Practitioners wanted more reliable and more relevant documents for daily practice. Websites with already selected resources could increase the GPs use of the Internet for medical information seeking.Conclusion: The reported obstacles were largely common with those previously described in other countries, except the language barrier and the financial non-recognition. Even if the generalization of our results to all French GPs should be cautious, the study provided better insights into the obstacles to the Internet use to seek clinical information in family practice and the factors that could facilitate it. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.