Seeking and avoiding information: a qualitative study of the information behaviour of cancer patients

IF 0.7 4区 管理学 Q3 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE
Jesper Gabs Jensen, Emily D Petersen, Tove Faber Frandsen
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Abstract

Cancer patients seek information about their health and illness in many ways. Some seek information intensively while others avoid doing so. Through the cancer continuum, individuals may choose to meet their needs using several different approaches. In this paper, we explore how cancer patients actively seek information and, in some cases, cautiously and consciously avoid information that may be relevant, but does not meet their needs. Semi-structured interviews with nine former and current cancer patients were used for data collection. Interviews were audiotaped, transcribed, and analysed using a theoretical model of cancer information behaviour. Among the interviewees, different patterns of information seeking were identified, from itensely seeking information to avoiding it. Additionally, some cancer patients can actively seek information while consciously avoiding information that is relevant but doesn't meet their needs which can be effective approaches to protecting individuals from information, they are not able to cope with. This empirical study explores how behaviour of information seeking and avoidance can overlap and be used simultaneously.
寻求与回避信息:癌症患者信息行为的定性研究
癌症患者通过多种方式寻求有关他们健康和疾病的信息。有些人密集地寻找信息,而有些人则避免这样做。在癌症的连续过程中,个体可以选择使用几种不同的方法来满足他们的需要。在本文中,我们探讨了癌症患者如何积极寻求信息,在某些情况下,谨慎和有意识地回避可能相关但不符合其需求的信息。数据收集采用对9名癌症患者的半结构化访谈。访谈录音、转录,并使用癌症信息行为的理论模型进行分析。在受访者中,发现了不同的信息寻求模式,从强烈寻求信息到回避信息。此外,一些癌症患者可以主动寻求信息,同时有意识地回避相关但不符合他们需求的信息,这是保护个人免受他们无法应对的信息的有效方法。本实证研究探讨了信息寻求和回避行为如何重叠并同时使用。
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Information Research-An International Electronic Journal
Information Research-An International Electronic Journal INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-
CiteScore
1.20
自引率
12.50%
发文量
62
审稿时长
45 weeks
期刊介绍: Information Research, is an open access, international, peer-reviewed, scholarly journal, dedicated to making accessible the results of research across a wide range of information-related disciplines. It is published by the University of Borås, Sweden, with the financial support of an NOP-HS Scientific Journal Grant. It is edited by Professor T.D. Wilson, and is hosted, and given technical support, by Lund University Libraries, Sweden.
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