Information-seeking behavior of women in their path to an innovative alternate treatment for symptomatic uterine fibroids
Information-seeking behavior of women in their path to an innovative alternate treatment for symptomatic uterine fibroids
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DOI：
10.3163/1536-5050.95.2.164
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发表时间：
2007-04-01
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2
通讯作者：
Ankem, Kalyani
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作者：
Ankem, Kalyani
目的：该研究的目的是发现妇女如何发现子宫肌瘤栓塞（UFE）治疗症状性子宫肌瘤。方法：该研究回顾性跟踪妇女从一开始他们的疾病，并分析了他们的信息寻求行为。在底特律医疗中心接受手术的28名妇女接受了标准脚本的采访。中位数值和频率计算代表信息需求，信息来源和感知的帮助。斯皮尔曼相关性进行计算，找到人口统计学和信息需求之间的关系。结果：虽然妇女表示非常需要几乎所有类型的信息（中位数= 5），那些教育水平较高的人表示更需要知道的原因，他们的医生建议治疗（r = 0.55）。收集的频率表明，朋友，杂志，电视和互联网是重要的信息来源。一个初步的信息寻求模型表明，虽然朋友，杂志和电视的几个妇女意识到新的程序，互联网被大量利用，用于学习有关的治疗options.Conclusions：健康科学图书馆员可以告知妇女有关他们的健康和治疗方案，引导妇女易于阅读，权威，可靠的信息来源，包括Web信息网站。
Objectives: The purpose of the study was to discover how women found out about uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) for the treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids.Methods: The study retrospectively tracked women from the beginning of their illnesses and analyzed their information-seeking behaviors. Twenty-eight women who had the procedure at the Detroit Medical Center were interviewed using a standard script. Median values and frequencies were calculated to represent information needs, information sources, and perceived helpfulness. Spearman correlations were calculated to find relationships between demographics and information needs.Results: Although the women expressed a great need for almost all types of information (median = 5), those with higher levels of education indicated a greater need to know the reasons that their doctors had for suggesting treatments (r = 0.55). The gathered frequencies indicated that friends, magazines, television, and the Internet were important information sources. A preliminary model of information seeking showed that while friends, magazines, and television made several of the women aware of the new procedure, the Internet was heavily utilized for learning about treatment options.Conclusions: Health sciences librarians may inform women about their health and treatment options by guiding women to easily readable, authoritative, and reliable information sources, including Web information sites.