Information Seeking on Covid-19 Pandemic: Care Providers' Experience at the University of Gondar Teaching Hospital, Northwest of Ethiopia.
COVID-19
Ethiopia
information seeking
pandemic
Journal
Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare
ISSN: 1178-2390
Titre abrégé: J Multidiscip Healthc
Pays: New Zealand
ID NLM: 101512691
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
23
09
2020
accepted:
26
11
2020
entrez:
28
12
2020
pubmed:
29
12
2020
medline:
29
12
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
During the pandemic, information is inevitable and important, and having knowledge on pertinent information is very crucial for health-care professionals in order to deliver sustainable and quality health services to their clients, and to combat the virus. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the health-care providers' information seeking behavior on COVID-19 pandemic. A descriptive cross-sectional study had conducted among 291 respondents. The participant's characteristics were presented using frequency and percentage. The association between the independent and dependent variables was explained using chi-squared test. Out of the 291 respondents, 207 (71.1%) of them had sought information on COVID-19 pandemic. The association between the gender and educational status with the outcome variable was found insignificant. Age (χ Information seeking behavior was positively associated with computer access, computer training, internet access and frequency of use. Therefore, comprehensive package is required to build the capacity of care providers on computer-related skills. Besides, institutions need to have internet and computer access.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
During the pandemic, information is inevitable and important, and having knowledge on pertinent information is very crucial for health-care professionals in order to deliver sustainable and quality health services to their clients, and to combat the virus. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the health-care providers' information seeking behavior on COVID-19 pandemic.
METHODS
METHODS
A descriptive cross-sectional study had conducted among 291 respondents. The participant's characteristics were presented using frequency and percentage. The association between the independent and dependent variables was explained using chi-squared test.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Out of the 291 respondents, 207 (71.1%) of them had sought information on COVID-19 pandemic. The association between the gender and educational status with the outcome variable was found insignificant. Age (χ
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
Information seeking behavior was positively associated with computer access, computer training, internet access and frequency of use. Therefore, comprehensive package is required to build the capacity of care providers on computer-related skills. Besides, institutions need to have internet and computer access.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33364777
doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S283563
pii: 283563
pmc: PMC7751601
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
1957-1964Informations de copyright
© 2020 Kalayou et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.
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