Department of Information Science and Knowledge Studies, Faculty of Management, University of Tehran, Crossroad of Chamran and Jalal Al Ahmad Highway, Next to Tarbiat Modarres Metro Station, Tehran, 1411713114, Iran.
Osteoporosis Research Center, Endocrinology & Metabolism Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Jalal Al Ahmad Highway, Next to Shariati Hospital, Tehran, 1411713137, Iran.
Arch Osteoporos. 2021 May 5;16(1):78. doi: 10.1007/s11657-021-00923-8.
The main findings of this study on the self-care behaviors contain "identification of knowledge gaps," "established networking for seeking information," "information from trust-to-distrust," "information-seeking inhibiting factors," "information-seeking facilitating factors," and "self-care behaviors based on required knowledge."
Health information-seeking behavior affects self-care and could promote quality of life and life expectancy. This study aimed at assessing health information-seeking and self-care behaviors of women with osteoporosis in Iran.
This study was conducted using a content analysis approach. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 15 women with osteoporosis aged above 50 years. The participants were selected by purposeful sampling. The data were analyzed by the conventional content analysis method using MAXQdata software version 10.
From in-depth descriptions of the participants' experiences, 246 primary codes were extracted. Subsequently, constant comparison analysis was done and 35 sub-categories and 6 main categories have appeared from the data.
Based on the experiences of women with osteoporosis, they received limited information from the health care providers, so they were seeking reliable information sources to meet their information needs. They obtained most of their information from other patients, family members, and network of friends. In the process of seeking information, they face various barriers such as lack of time in the health care team that affect their ability to self-care.
The results can guide health policymakers, patient educators, health care providers, information specialists, and patients and their families.
本研究关于自我护理行为的主要发现包括“识别知识空白”、“建立寻求信息的网络”、“从信任到不信任的信息”、“信息搜索抑制因素”、“信息搜索促进因素”和“基于所需知识的自我护理行为”。
健康信息搜索行为影响自我护理，并可提高生活质量和预期寿命。本研究旨在评估伊朗骨质疏松症妇女的健康信息搜索和自我护理行为。
本研究采用内容分析方法进行。通过对 15 名年龄在 50 岁以上的骨质疏松症妇女的半结构式访谈收集数据。参与者是通过目的性抽样选择的。使用 MAXQdata 软件版本 10 对数据进行常规内容分析。
从参与者的深入描述中提取了 246 个初级代码。随后进行了恒定性比较分析，从数据中出现了 35 个亚类和 6 个主要类别。
根据骨质疏松症妇女的经验，她们从医疗保健提供者那里获得的信息有限，因此她们正在寻找可靠的信息来源以满足她们的信息需求。她们从其他患者、家庭成员和朋友网络中获得了大部分信息。在寻求信息的过程中，她们面临各种障碍，例如医疗保健团队中缺乏时间，这影响了她们自我护理的能力。
这些结果可以为卫生政策制定者、患者教育者、医疗保健提供者、信息专家以及患者及其家属提供指导。
