Information Seeking Behavior
"Information Seeking Behavior" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
How information is gathered in personal, academic or work environments and the resources used.
| Descriptor ID |
D057226
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.209.372 F01.145.535 L01.143.458
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| Concept/Terms |
Information Seeking Behavior- Information Seeking Behavior
- Behavior, Information Seeking
- Behaviors, Information Seeking
- Information Seeking Behaviors
- Seeking Behavior, Information
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Information Seeking Behavior".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Information Seeking Behavior".
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Information Seeking Behavior" by people in Profiles.
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Accuracy of natural language processors for patients seeking inguinal hernia information. Surg Endosc. 2024 Dec; 38(12):7409-7415.
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Distrust, but use it anyway - adolescent online health-information searching behavior. J Pediatr. 2020 09; 224:179-183.
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Reproductive health needs of adolescent and young adult women with pediatric rheumatic diseases. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2020 Aug 17; 18(1):66.
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General Public's Information-Seeking Patterns of Topics Related to Obesity: Google Trends Analysis. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2020 08 11; 6(3):e20923.
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Digital Professionalism in Patient Care: A Case-Based Survey of Surgery Faculty and Trainees. J Surg Res. 2020 09; 253:193-200.
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Research Participants' Attitudes towards Receiving Information on Genetic Susceptibility to Arsenic Toxicity in Rural Bangladesh. Public Health Genomics. 2020; 23(1-2):69-76.
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An Internet-based survey study of patients with hidradenitis suppurativa: Use of the Internet for disease-related information. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2020 Sep; 83(3):905-907.
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Public Attitudes and Knowledge About Youth Sports Participation and Concussion Risk in an Urban Area. J Natl Med Assoc. 2018 Dec; 110(6):635-643.
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Negative information-seeking experiences of long-term prostate cancer survivors. J Cancer Surviv. 2016 12; 10(6):1089-1095.
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Digital media and sexually transmitted infections. Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Oct; 26(5):381-5.