Papers by Dorcas Ibinaiye
International Journal of Social Science Research and Review, 2023
This study aimed to gain insight into hepatitis B and C patients' information needs to establish ... more This study aimed to gain insight into hepatitis B and C patients' information needs to establish appropriate guidelines for meeting patients' information needs in a post-pandemic era. The objectives were to identify patient information needs, seek the opinion of healthcare givers and recommend policies for meeting patient information needs. A mixed-methods approach was used to collect qualitative and quantitative data. The researcher interviewed individual Hepatitis B and C patients who consented and availed themselves of participation in the study until data saturation was reached at eighteen interviews at Ngwelezane Hospital, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The opinions of eighteen doctors and twenty-three nurses who consented and availed themselves were sought based on an 85% confidence interval (CI) regarding patient information needs on HBV and HCV using a self-administered questionnaire. Findings revealed that patients' information needs are determined by the craving to survive, the expectation to receive new or better healing treatment, and the need to prevent diseases. From the perspectives of doctors and nurses, patients' information needs can be met through regular support by the hospital management and the provision of accessible sources of HBV and HCV-related information through which patients' information needs could be gratified. Recommended guidelines include a large-scale awareness campaign for the government, hospital management, civil society, and non-governmental agencies to fight the disease. Understanding hepatitis B and C patients' information needs can help improve information provision by health professionals. The findings can help improve patients', doctors and nurses' levels of communication and information provision for better outcomes.
MOUSAION, 2021
Much has been reported about information-seeking behaviour in health contexts, specifically relat... more Much has been reported about information-seeking behaviour in health contexts, specifically related to chronic diseases, however, little is known about the methods and purpose of information seeking regarding hepatitis B and C patients, given the epidemic nature of the disease. This article aims to examine information-seeking behaviour of hepatitis B and C patients using a comprehensive model of information seeking at a tertiary health institution in South Africa. A qualitative research design was used for this article. Nine patients were recruited for an interview at the Ngwelezane district hospital in KwaZulu-Natal using a convenient sampling technique at a 95 per cent confidence interval rate to collect qualitative data. The qualitative data were descriptively analysed using the "ggplot2" package of R-software and a bivariate correlational chart, generated using grid and lattice packages incorporated in the R-development platform. The majority of the participants preferred seeking information directly from health professionals about their health challenges, whereas others preferred watching television programmes on health, and reading up on hepatitis-related information regarding getting better treatment, staying safe, getting informed and increasing their chances of survival. The comprehensive model of information seeking was applied to hepatitis B and C participants' information seeking by investigating the frequency of their information seeking, their methods of information seeking, and their purpose of information seeking. This study provides insight into the preferred methods of information seeking by the participants to enable them to make informed decisions and to achieve better outcomes.
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Papers by Dorcas Ibinaiye