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ArticleHealth systems (Basingstoke, England)2018

Information seeking behavioural paths of physicians for diabetes mellitus care: a qualitative comparative analysis of information needs, sources, and barriers.

P A Kostagiolas, P E Kourouthanassis, K Martzoukou, N Korfiatis, D Niakas

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Article in Health systems (Basingstoke, England), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 authors.

P A KostagiolasDepartment of Archive and Library Science, Ionian University, Corfu, Greece.
P E KourouthanassisDepartment of Informatics, Ionian University, Corfu, Greece.
K MartzoukouDepartment of Information Management, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland.
N KorfiatisNorwich Business School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
D NiakasFaculty of Social Sciences, Health Care Management, Hellenic Open University, Patras, Greece.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study addresses diabetes physicians' information seeking behavioural paths (digital, conventional, interpersonal) which lead to information needs satisfaction and the barriers encountered in this process. The study was based on empirical evidence from a survey of 159 physicians. Theoretical analysis was informed by Wilson's model of information seeking behaviour. The data were analysed using fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis method. The method was successful in identifying five behavioural paths leading to physicians' information needs satisfaction (professional/health coaching) which demonstrate different relationships between information sources (conventional/interpersonal/digital) and information barriers (personal/digital illiteracy) and five behavioural paths that are not leading to satisfaction.

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diabetes mellitusfsQCAinformation needsinformation satisfactionInformation seeking behaviour

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PMID31214336
PMCPMC6452844

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