TY  - JOUR
A1  - Holzmann-Littig, Christopher
A1  - Stadler, David
A1  - Popp, Maria
A1  - Kranke, Peter
A1  - Fichtner, Falk
A1  - Schmaderer, Christoph
A1  - Renders, Lutz
A1  - Braunisch, Matthias Christoph
A1  - Assali, Tarek
A1  - Platen, Louise
A1  - Wijnen-Meijer, Marjo
A1  - Lühnen, Julia
A1  - Steckelberg, Anke
A1  - Pfadenhauer, Lisa
A1  - Haller, Bernhard
A1  - Fuetterer, Cornelia
A1  - Seeber, Christian
A1  - Schaaf, Christian
T1  - Locating medical information during an infodemic: information seeking behavior and strategies of health-care workers in Germany
JF  - Healthcare
N2  - Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a flood of — often contradictory — evidence. HCWs had to develop strategies to locate information that supported their work. We investigated the information-seeking of different HCW groups in Germany. Methods: In December 2020, we conducted online surveys on COVID-19 information sources, strategies, assigned trustworthiness, and barriers — and in February 2021, on COVID-19 vaccination information sources. Results were analyzed descriptively; group comparisons were performed using χ\(^2\)-tests. Results: For general COVID-19-related medical information (413 participants), non-physicians most often selected official websites (57%), TV (57%), and e-mail/newsletters (46%) as preferred information sources — physicians chose official websites (63%), e-mail/newsletters (56%), and professional journals (55%). Non-physician HCWs used Facebook/YouTube more frequently. The main barriers were insufficient time and access issues. Non-physicians chose abstracts (66%), videos (45%), and webinars (40%) as preferred information strategy; physicians: overviews with algorithms (66%), abstracts (62%), webinars (48%). Information seeking on COVID-19 vaccination (2700 participants) was quite similar, however, with newspapers being more often used by non-physicians (63%) vs. physician HCWs (70%). Conclusion: Non-physician HCWs more often consulted public information sources. Employers/institutions should ensure the supply of professional, targeted COVID-19 information for different HCW groups.
KW  - COVID-19
KW  - infodemic
KW  - health-care workers
KW  - HCW
KW  - information strategies
KW  - emergency information
Y1  - 2023
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-319306
SN  - 2227-9032
VL  - 11
IS  - 11
ER  -