Roy, A;
Kostkova, P;
Catchpole, M;
Carson, E;
(2010)
"Do Users Do What They Think They Do?"-A Comparative Study of User Perceived and Actual Information Searching Behaviour in the National Electronic Library of Infection.
In: Kostkova, P, (ed.)
International Conference on Electronic Healthcare eHealth 2009: Electronic Healthcare.
(pp. pp. 96-103).
Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg: Istanbul, Turkey.
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Abstract
In the last decade, the Internet has profoundly changed the delivery of healthcare. Medical websites for professionals and patients are playing an increasingly important role in providing the latest evidence-based knowledge for professionals, facilitating virtual patient support groups, and providing an invaluable information source for patients. Information seeking is the key user activity on the Internet. However, the discrepancy between what information is available and what the user is able to find has a profound effect on user satisfaction. The UK National electronic Library of Infection (NeLI, www.neli.org.uk) and its subsidiary projects provide a single-access portal for quality-appraised evidence in infectious diseases. We use this national portal, as test-bed for investigating our research questions. In this paper, we investigate actual and perceived user navigation behaviour that reveals important information about user perceptions and actions, in searching for information. Our results show: (i) all users were able to access information they were seeking; (ii) broadly, there is an agreement between “reported” behaviour (from questionnaires) and “observed” behaviour (from web logs), although some important differences were identified; (iii) both browsing and searching were equally used to answer specific questions and (iv) the preferred route for browsing for data on the NeLI website was to enter via the “Top Ten Topics” menu option. These findings provide important insights into how to improve user experience and satisfaction with health information websites.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
|---|---|
| Title: | "Do Users Do What They Think They Do?"-A Comparative Study of User Perceived and Actual Information Searching Behaviour in the National Electronic Library of Infection |
| Event: | 2nd Congress on Electronic Healthcare for the 21st Century |
| Location: | Istanbul, TURKEY |
| Dates: | 23 September 2009 - 25 September 2009 |
| ISBN-13: | 978-3-642-11744-2 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-642-11745-9_15 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11745-9_15 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Digital Library, User Perceived and Actual Behaviour ,Evaluation |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Inst for Risk and Disaster Reduction |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10084361 |
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