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| Title |
Sociodemographic and health-(care-)related characteristics of online health information seekers: a cross-sectional German study
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Public Health, January 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12889-015-1423-0 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Laura Nölke, Monika Mensing, Alexander Krämer, Claudia Hornberg |
| Abstract |
Although the increasing dissemination and use of health-related information on the Internet has the potential to empower citizens and patients, several studies have detected disparities in the use of online health information. This is due to several factors. So far, only a few studies have examined the impact of socio-economic status (SES) on health information seeking on the Internet. This study was designed to identify sociodemographic and health-(care-)related differences between users and non-users of health information gleaned from the Internet with the aim of detecting hard-to-reach target groups. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 9 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 22% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 11% |
| Colombia | 1 | 11% |
| Argentina | 1 | 11% |
| United States | 1 | 11% |
| Spain | 1 | 11% |
| Unknown | 2 | 22% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 56% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 33% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 11% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 287 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| Denmark | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 283 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 51 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 37 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 26 | 9% |
| Researcher | 24 | 8% |
| Other | 17 | 6% |
| Other | 63 | 22% |
| Unknown | 69 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 45 | 16% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 43 | 15% |
| Social Sciences | 39 | 14% |
| Computer Science | 12 | 4% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 11 | 4% |
| Other | 51 | 18% |
| Unknown | 86 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 January 2016.
All research outputs
#6,207,090
of 24,652,720 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#6,261
of 16,314 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#79,370
of 363,692 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#93
of 235 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 24,652,720 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 74th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 16,314 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 14.5. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 61% of its peers.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 235 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 60% of its contemporaries.