Utilization and Perceived Problems of Online Medical Resources and Search Tools Among Different Groups of European Physicians
Utilization and Perceived Problems of Online Medical Resources and Search Tools Among Different Groups of European Physicians
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10.2196/jmir.2436
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发表时间：
2013-06-01
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7.4
通讯作者：
Samwald, Matthias
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作者：
Kritz, Marlene;Gschwandtner, Manfred;Samwald, Matthias
背景：大量研究表明，医疗专业人员在日常生活中的信息需求未得到满足。目标：调查不同群体的欧洲医生使用哪些在线资源和工具来收集医疗信息，并找出阻碍从互联网成功检索医疗信息的障碍。方法：向全欧洲约 15,000 名医生发出详细的网络调查问卷，并通过合作伙伴网站进行传播。分析中纳入了 500 名不同学历和医学专业水平的欧洲医生。测量了自我报告的不同类型在线资源的使用频率、感知的搜索工具重要性以及感知的搜索障碍。对不同资格水平（合格医师与培训医师、无教授资格的医学专家与医学教授）和专业（全科医生与专家）进行了比较。结果：大多数参与者精通互联网，来自奥地利（43%，190/440）和瑞士（31%，137/440），年龄在 50 岁以上（56%，239/430），表示医疗水平较高有工作经验、定期接触患者并受雇于非学术医疗保健机构（41%，177/432）。所有团体都报告经常使用通用搜索引擎，并指出“高质量信息的获取受到限制”是在互联网上查找医疗信息的主要障碍。接受培训的医生报告最频繁使用维基百科（56%，31/55）。专科医生比全科医生更有可能使用医学研究数据库（68%, 185/274 vs 27%, 24/88；chi(2)(2)=44.905，P
Background: There is a large body of research suggesting that medical professionals have unmet information needs during their daily routines.Objective: To investigate which online resources and tools different groups of European physicians use to gather medical information and to identify barriers that prevent the successful retrieval of medical information from the Internet.Methods: A detailed Web-based questionnaire was sent out to approximately 15,000 physicians across Europe and disseminated through partner websites. 500 European physicians of different levels of academic qualification and medical specialization were included in the analysis. Self-reported frequency of use of different types of online resources, perceived importance of search tools, and perceived search barriers were measured. Comparisons were made across different levels of qualification (qualified physicians vs physicians in training, medical specialists without professorships vs medical professors) and specialization (general practitioners vs specialists).Results: Most participants were Internet-savvy, came from Austria (43%, 190/440) and Switzerland (31%, 137/440), were above 50 years old (56%, 239/430), stated high levels of medical work experience, had regular patient contact and were employed in nonacademic health care settings (41%, 177/432). All groups reported frequent use of general search engines and cited "restricted accessibility to good quality information" as a dominant barrier to finding medical information on the Internet. Physicians in training reported the most frequent use of Wikipedia (56%, 31/55). Specialists were more likely than general practitioners to use medical research databases (68%, 185/274 vs 27%, 24/88; chi(2)(2)=44.905, P