Information-Seeking Behavior of Doctors at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile Ife, Osun State, Nigeria

Nwezeh, Chinwe M. T.; Shabi, Olabode Muftau; Shabi, Iwok N.

doi:10.1080/15323269.2011.558369

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“…These findings were almost similar with study findings from Addis Ababa [19]. These findings were different from study findings in Nigeria [16] where the frequently used HIRs were medical textbooks, journals, discussion with colleagues and internet searching. It was also different from study findings in Uganda where frequently accessed HIRs among HPs were discussions with colleagues (89%), medical textbooks (77%) and (29%) both internet and libraries [11,22,23].…”

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confidence: 73%

“…This finding was supported by different studies where most of them had a habit of using printed resources as first choice HI source [11,16,17,19,20]. …”

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confidence: 52%

“…This large figure showed that there were larger information gaps among HPs. It was supported by different studies done in related topics among health care service delivery facilities in developing countries [2,5,15,16,19]. …”

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confidence: 90%

“…Various studies conducted on HI needs and seeking behaviours showed that the majority HPs needed to access HIRs for the provision of quality health care services to their clients [11,16,17,19,20]. …”

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confidence: 99%

“…Infrastructure, HIRs access, socio-demographic factors, cultural influences, poor initiation of users and geographical locations were some of the factors affecting the health information seeking behaviours of HPs in developing countries [16-18]. Based on research findings from Ethiopia [19], 146(94.6%) of one hundred sixty nine HPs sought information for their daily activities.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Information needs and seeking behaviour among health professionals working at public hospital and health centres in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Andualem

Kebede

Kumie

2013

BMC Health Serv Res

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BackgroundUniversal access to information for health professionals is a need to achieve “health for all strategy.” A large proportion of the population including health professionals have limited access to health information in resource limited countries. The aim of this study is to assess information needs among Ethiopian health professionals.MethodsA cross sectional quantitative study design complemented with qualitative method was conducted among 350 health care workers in Feburary26-June5/2012. Pretested self-administered questionnaire and observation checklist were used to collect data on different variables. Data entry and data analysis were done using Epi-Info version 3.5.1 and by SPSS version19, respectively. Descriptive statistics and multivariate regression analyses were applied to describe study objectives and identify the determinants of information seeking behaviours respectively. Odds ratio with 95% CI was used to assess the association between a factor and an outcome variable.ResultsThe majority of the respondents acknowledged the need of health information to their routine activities. About 54.0% of respondents lacked access to health information. Only 42.8% of respondents have access to internet sources. Important barriers to access information were geographical, organizational, personal, economic, educational status and time. About 58.0% of the respondents accessed information by referring their hard copies and asking senior staff. Age, sex, income, computer literacy and access, patient size, work experience and working site were significantly associated with information needs and seeking behaviour.ConclusionsThe health information seeking behaviour of health professional was significant. The heaklth facilities had neither informationcenter such as library, nor internet facilities. Conducting training on managing health information, accessing computer and improving infrastructures are important interventions to facilitate evidence based descions.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 73%

“…This finding was supported by different studies where most of them had a habit of using printed resources as first choice HI source [11,16,17,19,20]. …”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 52%

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confidence: 90%

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Information needs and seeking behaviour among health professionals working at public hospital and health centres in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

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Kebede

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2013

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Physicians utilisation of internet medical databases at the tertiary health institutions in Osun State, South West, Nigeria

Shabi

Akewukereke

et al. 2011

Health Information &Amp; Libraries Journal

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Objectives: To determine the extent, purpose, determinants and the impact of the utilization of Internet medical databases among the respondents. Methodology: A descriptive cross sectional survey of 540 randomly selected physicians at the two tertiary health institutions in Osun State, South west, Nigeria. Result: A total of 444 (82.2%) physicians completed the questionnaires. All the respondents have used the internet medical databases within the last 4 weeks of the study. Majority, (53.8%) used the internet resources at least once in 2 weeks, while 12.2% used the resources every day. The online resources are mainly sought for Routine patient care and for Research purposes. PUBMED (70.3%), HINARI (69.0%), and Free medical journals (60.1%) are the frequently used online databases ⁄ digital archives. The internet resources has positively impacted the Clinical practice (40.0%) and Research output (65.5%) of the physicians. Conclusion: There had been considerable increase in the extent and quality of utilization of online medical databases which has positively impacted on the Clinical practice and Research output of the physicians. Ease of finding the needed information and the availability of evidence based resources are the major determinants of the databases utilized.Keywords: determinants of internet use, information seeking behavior, information source, internet use, online medical database, physicians in Nigeria. Key messagesImplications for the Practice d The medical librarian should create awareness of Internet medical databases and make the password available to doctors. d The medical librarian should have an up to date profile of all the doctors to facilitate the selective dissemination of information (SDI). d There should be effective collaboration with senior medical faculty to find out their current research interests and send regular updates via e-mail. d The medical librarian should organise in-house workshops where information literacy skills are taught using tested models such as the Big six approach. This will reduce time and effort in accessing timely and relevant medical information for patient care. Implication for Policyd Internet access should be provided in all Consulting rooms to encourage Evidence-Based Medical practice and expand the scope and productivity of physicians.

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The information-seeking behavior of aquaculture researchers at the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center

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Canaman

Jaco

et al. 2018

Information Development

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Understanding the information-seeking behavior of library patrons is essential for the library to provide quality resources and services, and to satisfy its patrons’ information needs. A quantitative research was conducted to describe the information searching and using behaviors of the Filipino aquaculture scientists, researchers and research staff at the Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC/AQD). The study revealed that although the respondents find it useful to go to the library to get assistance from the librarian, and to browse and read current acquisitions related to their research, they visited the library infrequently. However, remote library services, especially email and phone services, were highly utilized. When searching for information, the Internet, mainly via search engines, was highly preferred rather than visiting the Library and using its online public access catalog (OPAC) or its databases. The combination of print and electronic formats was highly preferred when reading, rather than print only or electronic-only. The majority would print and save the retrieved electronic copy.

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Information-Seeking Behavior of Doctors at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile Ife, Osun State, Nigeria

Cited by 7 publications

References 17 publications

Information needs and seeking behaviour among health professionals working at public hospital and health centres in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Information needs and seeking behaviour among health professionals working at public hospital and health centres in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Physicians utilisation of internet medical databases at the tertiary health institutions in Osun State, South West, Nigeria

The information-seeking behavior of aquaculture researchers at the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center

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