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Use of health information and search engines by physicians in Ibadan, Nigeria |
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| House Officers (N = 45) |
Medical Officers (N = 23) |
Registrars (N = 104) |
Total (N = 172) |
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| No |
% |
No |
% |
No |
% |
No |
% |
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| Ever obtained health information from the Internet for patient care? |
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| Yes |
37 |
82.2 |
18 |
78.3 |
96 |
92.3 |
151 |
87.8 |
| No |
7 |
15.6 |
4 |
17.4 |
6 |
5.8 |
17 |
9.9 |
| No Response |
1 |
2.2 |
1 |
4.3 |
2 |
1.9 |
4 |
2.3 |
|
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| Search Engine used to obtain health information |
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| Yahoo |
17 |
37.8 |
6 |
26.1 |
34 |
32.7 |
57 |
33.1 |
| Google |
23 |
51.1 |
13 |
56.5 |
63 |
60.6 |
99 |
57.6 |
| Others |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
2 |
1.9 |
2 |
1.2 |
| No Response |
5 |
11.1 |
4 |
17.4 |
5 |
4.8 |
14 |
8.1 |
|
|
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| Used a Search Engine during the previous month? |
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| Yes |
25 |
55.6 |
12 |
52.2 |
80 |
76.9 |
117 |
68.0 |
| No |
19 |
42.2 |
10 |
43.5 |
22 |
21.2 |
51 |
29.7 |
| No Response |
1 |
2.2 |
1 |
4.3 |
2 |
1.9 |
4 |
2.3 |
|
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| Total |
45 |
100 |
23 |
100 |
104 |
100 |
172 |
100 |
Ajuwon Biomedical Digital Libraries 2006 3:12 doi:10.1186/1742-5581-3-12 |
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