Search

Background and Aim: Information transfer based on real needs of the patients is an important part of the medical services. This study aimed to determine the effect of patient-doctor communication on information seeking behaviors of diabetic patients. Materials and Methods: This descriptive-analytic study was done on 362 diabetic patients receiving care in governmental medical centers supervised by Deputy of Health in Isfahan province- Iran who were selected using disproportionate stratified random sampling. The data gathering tool was the Lango questionnaire which was localized for Iranian society by researchers in 2012. Data were analyzed using SPSS 20 software. Ethical Considerations: Patients' verbal consent was obtained and they were also assured about confidentiality of the information. Findings: There was a significant difference between information seeking behavior of people who depend on their physicians for gaining information and those who do not in the terms of information retrieval (P=0.003). There was also a significant relationship between consulting the physician and three of the four dimensions of information seeking behavior of diabetic patients and also between transfer of medical information to the patient and dimension of information sources in patient information seeking behavior (P<0.05). Investigating the relationship between satisfaction about transfer of medical information and information seeking behavior indicated that the only significant difference between satisfied and dissatisfied patients is in the component of gaining information from traditional media (P<0.05). Conclusion: The findings indicates on the effect of patient-doctor communication on information seeking behavior of patients. It is recommended physician provides information to the patient that requires identifying the information needs of patients and considering their health information seeking behavior. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Since Health Information Seeking Behavior (HISB) is a psychological phenomenon like every other human behavior, it seems that personal characteristics of patients affect this behavior. On the other hand, appropriate health information seeking behavior can fasten disease healing presses or their prevention. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of personal factors HISB of diabetic patients in Isfahan. Methods: A survey method was used in this research. The statistical population consisted of 6426 diabetic patients from whom 362 patients were selected by a no percentage stratified random sampling. The Longo information seeking behavior questionnaire was used to collect data and SPSS 20 were used for analyzing collected data. Results: Independent T- test showed that there was a statistically significant difference between behavior factor in information seeking process of men and women (p< 0.001). Moreover, Spearman correlation index showed that HISB factors were directly related to educational level. This test also showed that there was a direct relationship between income and some information seeking factors. Pearson correlation index showed that there was an inverse relationship between age and most information seeking factors. Conclusion: Passive methods should be used in transferring health information to diabetic men, and more time and energy should be consumed in transferring information to old diabetic patients with low income and low educational level. Hence, by studying factors influencing health information seeking behaviors of diabetic patients, their required information can be transferred to them more efficiently leading to prevention of diabetes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]