Saeid shirshahi; Maryam Tavosi; Nosrat Riahinia
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Introduction: With the leap in the development of information technology and social media, seeking health information online has become popular. This study endeavors to provide an analysis of users 'health-seeking information behavior in the web environment, based on Bates' developed model.Methods: This ...
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Introduction: With the leap in the development of information technology and social media, seeking health information online has become popular. This study endeavors to provide an analysis of users 'health-seeking information behavior in the web environment, based on Bates' developed model.Methods: This applied study has been done by an analytical survey method. The data collection instrument was an online researcher-made questionnaire (sensitive to the differentiation of respondents) developed with inspiration from the research by Dow and her colleagues, which was enacted by 10 Faculty members of Iranian universities of medical sciences. The sample consisted of 72 individuals with bachelor's degrees and higher who were selected by volunteer sampling method. Non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis and Spearman tests were used.Results: Approximately, 48% of the members of the research sample had a "scrutinizing" approach to their health question and 31% had a "direct and active (searching)" approach according to Bates' developed information model. These two information-seeking approaches were more prevalent (compared to "engineering" and "basic sciences" disciplines) among those who had worked or studied in the field of "social sciences and humanities" for at least one year .There was a significant difference between "occupation" and "online health information-seeking behavior based on the Bates' model". However, there was no significant difference between "age" and "level of education" and their health information-seeking behavior (March 2022).Conclusion: Dow's model (based on the Bates developed seeking information model) can be used and be efficient in the health research to analyze the information seeking behavior of different groups.
Maryam Khodabin; ُSaeed Shirshahi; Nosrat Riahinia
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Introduction: Awareness of the status of academic products in dentistry can help researchers of this discipline to make decision. This study outlines the academic structure of a decade of research (2010-2020) in dentistry in the Middle Eastern countries.Methods: This was a descriptive-scientometric research. ...
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Introduction: Awareness of the status of academic products in dentistry can help researchers of this discipline to make decision. This study outlines the academic structure of a decade of research (2010-2020) in dentistry in the Middle Eastern countries.Methods: This was a descriptive-scientometric research. The required data were extracted from the science citation index. The population included all documents produced in the dentistry field by authors from Middle Eastern countries, between 2010 to 2020. 2653 scientific documents were collected. Scientometric method was employed to map the scientific structure.Results: The field of Dentistry Oral Surgery Medicine had the highest rate of scientific production among the disciplines of dentistry. The academic structure of this discipline consists of 7 clusters. Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, was ranked third in the list of top universities of the Middle East and Iran was ranked third in the Middle East. Lexical connections of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), pandemics, protocols, transmission, and COVID-related issues were evident.Conclusion: Creating an emerging cluster centered on COVID-19 and allocating 74 articles and 12 co-occurrences during a year (2019-2020) shows the concerns of dentists due to the imposed conditions of COVID-19, which has led to research for finding a solution to the safety of dental clinics and concerns caused by the COVID-19 epidemic.
