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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Factors Influencing Physicians' Continuous Blogging: A Survey.

I-Chiu Chang, Kuei-Chen Cheng, Hui-Mei Hsu, David C Yen

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I-Chiu ChangDepartment of Information Management, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi County 62102, Taiwan.
Kuei-Chen ChengDepartment of Information Management, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi County 62102, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-5685-2534
Hui-Mei HsuDepartment of Business Management, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung City 80201, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-1641-9266
David C YenJesse H. Jones School of Business, Texas Southern University, Houston, TX 77004, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7093-0877

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Abstract

backgroundHealth information can be more easily transmitted and diffused through the Internet, but questionable online health information often misinforms patients. Physicians have a duty to inform patients how to achieve positive health outcomes. Many physicians often write blogs to provide patients with the right health information. However, most articles available on this subject only describe the blog phenomena without providing a theoretical background and an empirical analysis of doctors using blogs.

methodsThis study based on social cognitive theory (SCT) explores the factors influencing physicians' intention of continuously blogging. A total of 887 physician bloggers were invited to participate in an online survey and 128 valid responses were received.

resultsThe SCT was proven to be useful in explaining 36.8% of the variation in physicians' continuous intention to blog.

conclusionsWe provide references for platform developers with different strategies to motivate doctors to blog, and the implications and limitations of this study are discussed.

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bloggingphysicianssocial cognitive theory

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PMID34442095
PMCPMC8394209

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