Locating medical information during an infodemic: information seeking behavior and strategies of health-care workers in Germany
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- 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.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.…
Autor(en): | Christopher Holzmann-Littig, David Stadler, Maria Popp, Peter Kranke, Falk Fichtner, Christoph Schmaderer, Lutz Renders, Matthias Christoph Braunisch, Tarek Assali, Louise Platen, Marjo Wijnen-Meijer, Julia Lühnen, Anke Steckelberg, Lisa Pfadenhauer, Bernhard Haller, Cornelia Fuetterer, Christian Seeber, Christian Schaaf |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-319306 |
Dokumentart: | Artikel / Aufsatz in einer Zeitschrift |
Institute der Universität: | Medizinische Fakultät / Klinik und Poliklinik für Anästhesiologie (ab 2004) |
Sprache der Veröffentlichung: | Englisch |
Titel des übergeordneten Werkes / der Zeitschrift (Englisch): | Healthcare |
ISSN: | 2227-9032 |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2023 |
Band / Jahrgang: | 11 |
Heft / Ausgabe: | 11 |
Aufsatznummer: | 1602 |
Originalveröffentlichung / Quelle: | Healthcare (2023) 11:11, 1602. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11111602 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11111602 |
Allgemeine fachliche Zuordnung (DDC-Klassifikation): | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit |
Freie Schlagwort(e): | COVID-19; HCW; emergency information; health-care workers; infodemic; information strategies |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 28.03.2024 |
Datum der Erstveröffentlichung: | 30.05.2023 |
Lizenz (Deutsch): | CC BY: Creative-Commons-Lizenz: Namensnennung 4.0 International |