Variable | Number (%) |
---|---|
Health information needs: | |
Yes | 333 (97.3%) |
No | 9 (2.7%) |
Reasons for health information needs: | |
Own needs | 87 (25.7%) |
Questions from patients | 21 (6.2%) |
Environmental competitions | 5 (1.4%) |
Emergency of new cases | 6 (1.7%) |
Own needs, questions from patients & new cases | 31 (9.1%) |
Own needs & questions from patients | 190 (56.0%) |
Problems encountered due to information limitation: | |
Yes | 183 (54.0%) |
No | 156 (46.0%) |
Purposes to use internet: | |
90 (62.0%) | |
Patient care & drug information | 37 (25.5%) |
New findings | 13 (9.0%) |
Research & business | 5 (3.5%) |
Satisfaction on internet: | |
Partially satisfied | 18 (12.4%) |
Not satisfied | 127 (87.6%) |
Problems encountered while searching: | |
Poor internet connection | 80 (55.2%) |
High cost | 45 (31.0%) |
Poor searching skills | 20 (13.8%) |
Training time: | |
Within the last 6 months | 78 (37.0%) |
Within the last3 months | 70 (33.2%) |
Within the last 12 months | 26 (12.3%) |
More than 12 months | 24 (11.4%) |
Do not remember the time | 13 (6.1%) |
Need for further training: | |
Yes | 325 (96.0%) |
No | 14 (4.0%) |