Naslov
Online Behavior of the Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Caregivers on Croatian Online Discussion Forum

Autori
Erdelez, Sanda ; Faletar Tanacković, Sanjica ; Petr Balog, Kornelija

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Proceedings of the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science & Technology / Blake, Catherine ; Brown, Cecelia - Silver Spring (MD) : Association for Information Science and Technology, 2019, 78-88

ISBN
978-0-578-59118-6

Skup
82nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science & Technology "Information... Anyone, Anywhere, Any time, Any way"

Mjesto i datum
Melbourne, Australija, 19.10.2019. - 23.10.2019

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Alzheimer’s Disease ; Caregivers ; Information Needs ; Online Forum

Sažetak
This paper presents findings from a study which investigated the information needs of caregivers (CGs) of persons with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) in Croatia, a country where the health and social care systems for AD patients and their CGs are not fully established nor efficient. The study was conducted with the help of qualitative content analysis on the total population of initial posts (N = 83) on the Croatian Internet Forum (Forum.hr) from May 2005 through January 2019. The analysis revealed that CGs’ information needs fall into the following categories: information about the disease, medication/treatment, coping with the disease, physicians, available services, general care for the AD patient, legal and financial issues, and faith. The analysis further revealed that CGs post on this online discussion list not only when they require specific information or advice, but also to describe their situation and experiences and to share practical information that they think will help others, and also to seek emotional support.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Informacijske i komunikacijske znanosti

Napomena
Zbornik je indeksiran u: ACM Digital Library (ACM)
INSPEC (IET) Library & Information Science Source
(EBSCO Publishing)

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