CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF INTERNET SEARCH ENGINE SPECIALIZED IN INFORMATION ON ASTHMA: A Search-Engine Based Investigation to Identify Asthma-Related Information needed by Internet Users
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Accession number;04A0054981
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| Title;CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF INTERNET SEARCH ENGINE SPECIALIZED IN INFORMATION ON ASTHMA: A Search-Engine Based Investigation to Identify Asthma-Related Information needed by Internet Users |
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SAITO NARUO
(Saitokodomokurinikku)
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Journal Title;Japanese Journal of Allergology
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Journal Code:Z0644A
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ISSN:0021-4884
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VOL.52;NO.12;PAGE.1122-1131(2003)
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| Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.7, TBL.1, REF.7 |
| Pub. Country;Japan |
| Language;Japanese |
| Abstract;To support asthmatic patients in collecting information through the Internet, we have constructed and operated a search engine specialized in asthma-related information making use of the search engine software available free of charge and other programs.A questionnaire was attached to the bottom of the Web page presenting the search results, asking the users to respond to several questions. During the three-year period since its start of operation on June 1, 2000, there was 66689 visits to this site and 786 responses to the questionnaire were collected.Of all respondents, 19.3% were medical professionals, 63.7% were patients or their family members, and 11.3% belonged to the other categories (5.3% did not specify their position). In each of these three user groups, only about half of the users were able to find a route to the information they needed. This seems to reflect the absence of adequate asthma-related information sources on the Internet in Japanese language. However, more than 70% of all users in each group answered that this search engine site was useful. (author abst.) |
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