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Table 3 Purpose/reasons of using HIRs among health professionals in Bahir Dar, 2012

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

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:

 

E-mail

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%)