Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
School of Psychology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
BMC Palliat Care. 2022 Jul 1;21(1):117. doi: 10.1186/s12904-022-01001-7.
Blogging can help to maximise the impact of one's work in academia and beyond by making research findings accessible for multiple knowledge users, such as healthcare professionals and the public, as well as other researchers. As part of the knowledge exchange and dissemination activities of the Model for Dementia Palliative Care Project, this study explored stakeholders' views of blogs as a means to translate research findings.
A web-based survey was developed, piloted, and revised. It was distributed electronically via key dementia and palliative care organisations websites, newsletters, social media platforms, and within the staff mailing lists of five Universities in Ireland. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and content analysis.
Complete responses were received from 128 participants. The majority of respondents were healthcare researchers (n = 53), followed by healthcare providers (n = 46). The preferred methods of reviewing research findings were scientific papers, websites and news articles. Respondents read healthcare blogs "sometimes" (39.1%), with < 19% reading them "often" or "very often". Receiving an email notification might increase the likelihood of reading a new blog post for 83% of respondents. Barriers to engaging with blogs included lack of time, preference for other media, lack of awareness regarding available blogs, and concerns about the credibility and source of information. An appropriate length and the author of the blog were key features that encouraged engagement with a blog.
Despite respondents choosing a scientific paper as their preferred method to consume research findings, many indicated an openness to reading blogs on their area of interest. Creating concise, relevant, and credible blogs, and suitably promoting them, could increase the impact and reach of healthcare research, such as in the emerging field of dementia palliative care, and thus promote translation of research findings into practice.
通过使研究结果可供多个知识用户（如医疗保健专业人员和公众以及其他研究人员）使用，博客可以帮助最大限度地提高一个人在学术界及其他领域的工作影响力。作为痴呆症姑息治疗模型项目的知识交流和传播活动的一部分，本研究探讨了利益相关者对将研究结果转化为博客的看法。
开发、试点和修订了一个基于网络的调查。它通过主要的痴呆症和姑息治疗组织的网站、时事通讯、社交媒体平台以及爱尔兰五所大学的员工邮件列表以电子方式分发。使用描述性统计和内容分析对数据进行分析。
从 128 名参与者中收到了完整的回复。大多数回复者是医疗保健研究人员（n=53），其次是医疗保健提供者（n=46）。审查研究结果的首选方法是科学论文、网站和新闻文章。受访者“有时”（39.1%）阅读医疗保健博客，“很少”（<19%）或“经常”或“非常经常”阅读。83%的受访者表示收到电子邮件通知可能会增加他们阅读新博客文章的可能性。与博客互动的障碍包括缺乏时间、对其他媒体的偏好、缺乏对可用博客的认识、以及对信息的可信度和来源的担忧。适当的长度和博客作者是鼓励参与博客的关键特征。
尽管受访者选择科学论文作为他们首选的方法来获取研究结果，但许多人表示愿意阅读他们感兴趣的领域的博客。创建简洁、相关和可信的博客，并适当推广，可以提高医疗保健研究的影响力和受众范围，例如在新兴的痴呆症姑息治疗领域，从而促进研究结果转化为实践。
