Table 2 Types of information behaviour relating to cardiological evidence-based recommendations in general practices
Generic information behaviour | Casuistic information-seeking | |
|---|---|---|
Occasion of information-seeking behaviour | Regular events or behaviour | − Event driven − motivated by a specific patient case |
Significance of cardiological evidence as a topic | (Coincidental) topic among others | Primary topic |
Direction of information diffusion | Information dissemination from senders (e.g. journals, guideline, cardiologist) | Information-seeking of GPs |
Role of GPs | GPs as a group, recipients | Initiated by individual GPs |
Objective of information-seeking behaviour | Generic information on cardiovascular innovations | Specific patient-related information on cardiovascular innovations |
Addressing of patients | Patients as a collective | Patient as individual |
Sources | − Continuing medical education − Professional media (e.g. journals) − Pharmaceutical representatives − Participation in research studies | − Consultations of guidelines − Information from physicians’ letters (discharge letters) |