Resumen

LOPEZ GOMEZ, José Sammy  y  FERNANDEZ ARGUELLES, Rogelio Alberto. Information needs about drugs and public health among doctors from a Mexican hospital. Rev. cuba. inf. cienc. salud [online]. 2021, vol.32, n.2, e1674.  Epub 01-Abr-2021. ISSN 2307-2113.

The purpose of the study was to identify the information needs about drugs and public health among doctors from a Mexican hospital. A descriptive cross-sectional analysis was conducted in the year 2016 which was based on an expert validated survey and a pilot study of 112 doctors. Participants were selected by simple random sampling at a secondary hospital in Nayarit, Mexico. The variables analyzed were information needs, information behavior and satisfaction level. Of the doctors surveyed, 66.4% needed information related to the drug treatment of their patients, whereas 63.3% needed population data. Medical journals were the favorite source of information (70.4%) and obtained the highest satisfaction score. 89.5% of respondents did not consult any database or repository, and the most common reason was they did not have a computer with Internet access at the workplace (62.4%). 76.8% considered that their information needs were not satisfied by the resources and services available at the hospital. The current information management status of the doctors interviewed poses a risk to their professional updating, reducing the possibility of prescribing rational treatments and taking efficient decisions.

Palabras clave : Information needs; information behavior; access to information; rational use of drug therapy; evidence-based medicine.

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