Factors Influencing Physicians’ Continuous Blogging: A Survey
Abstract
:1. Background
1.1. Theoretical Background
1.2. Research Hypotheses
2. Methods
2.1. Data Collection
2.2. Measurement
2.3. Participants
3. Results
3.1. The Motivations of Physicians and Their Blog Contents
3.2. Measurement Model Testing
3.3. Structural Model Testing
4. Discussions
4.1. Analysis of the Findings
4.2. Research Limitations
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
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Items | n | % | Items | n | % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Specialty | ||||
Male | 105 | 82.0% | Family Medicine | 12 | 9.4% |
Female | 23 | 18.0% | Obstetrics and Gynecology | 11 | 8.6% |
Age group | Dermatology | 10 | 7.8% | ||
Under 30 | 13 | 10.2% | E.N.T. | 10 | 7.8% |
30–39 | 59 | 46.1% | Surgery | 10 | 7.8% |
40–49 | 38 | 29.6% | Pediatrics Medicine | 8 | 6.3% |
50- and above | 19 | 14.9% | Ophthalmology | 6 | 4.7% |
Career Level | Internal Medicine | 5 | 3.9% | ||
Visiting Staff | 99 | 77.3% | Emergency Medicine | 4 | 3.1% |
Fellow | 2 | 1.6% | Orthopedics | 3 | 2.3 % |
Chief Resident | 8 | 6.3% | Plastic Surgery | 3 | 2.3% |
Resident | 19 | 14.8% | Neurology | 2 | 1.6% |
Practice Institution | Neurology Surgery | 2 | 1.6% | ||
Medical center | 52 | 40.6% | Psychiatry | 2 | 1.6% |
Regional hospital | 27 | 21.1% | Radiology Diagnostic | 2 | 1.6% |
District hospital | 11 | 8.6% | Rehabilitation | 2 | 1.6% |
Clinics | 43 | 33.6% | Cardiovascular Medicine | 2 | 1.6% |
License | Anesthesiology | 1 | 0.8% | ||
West Medicine | 100 | 78.1% | Cardiovascular Surgery | 1 | 0.8% |
Chinese Medicine | 19 | 14.8% | Chest Medicine | 1 | 0.8% |
Dentist | 5 | 3.9% | Gastrointestinal Medicine | 1 | 0.8% |
West & Chinese Medicine | 4 | 3.1% | Geriatrics | 1 | 0.8% |
Identity | Infection | 1 | 0.8% | ||
Real full name | 81 | 63.3% | Neurology | 1 | 0.8% |
Real last or first name | 18 | 14.1% | Nuclear Medicine | 1 | 0.8% |
Fake name | 29 | 22.7% | Urology | 1 | 0.8% |
Identifiable photograph | 90 | 70.3% | |||
Hard to identify photo | 6 | 4.7% | |||
Fake or no photo | 32 | 25.0% |
Motivations | n | % | Contents of Blog | n | % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Share medical knowledge | 116 | 90.6% | Medical knowledge | 115 | 89.8% |
Record my life | 88 | 68.8% | Travel experience | 64 | 50.0% |
Provide medical consultations | 61 | 47.7% | Joys and sorrows of job | 61 | 47.7% |
Express my feelings | 56 | 43.8% | Literature creations | 61 | 47.7% |
Share information non-medical knowledge | 51 | 39.8% | Hobbies or interests | 49 | 38.3% |
Marketing myself | 38 | 28.1% | Reading notes | 45 | 35.2% |
Communicate with patients | 36 | 29.2% | Delicacies tasting experience | 34 | 26.6% |
Communicate with friends | 36 | 29.2% | Family life | 29 | 22.7% |
Publish my creation | 29 | 22.7% | Interpersonal relationships | 23 | 18.0% |
Contact with relatives/friends | 26 | 20.3% | Finance investment | 20 | 15.6% |
Marketing the hospital/clinic where I work | 22 | 17.2% | News critique | 18 | 14.1% |
Making friends | 13 | 10.2% | Personal creations | 17 | 13.3% |
Others | 3 | 2.3% | Pets | 10 | 7.8% |
Computer knowledge | 6 | 4.7% | |||
Mood expression | 5 | 3.9% |
Construct | Measurement Item (Indicator) | Composite Reliability (CR) | Loading Value | Other Indicators Loading Value | Mean | S.D. | t-Value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blogging self-efficacy | BSE_1 | 0.89 | 0.83 | 0.13~0.36 | 3.92 | 0.82 | 22.46 |
BSE_2 | 0.92 | −0.05~0.43 | 3.63 | 0.83 | 46.16 | ||
BSE_3 | 0.82 | −0.04~0.26 | 3.34 | 0.98 | 18.91 | ||
Positive performance outcome expectation | PFOE_1 | 0.87 | 0.82 | 0.09~0.28 | 3.12 | 0.84 | 6.89 |
PFOE_2 | 0.83 | −0.07~0.20 | 3.12 | 0.98 | 5.57 | ||
PFOE_3 | 0.71 | −0.02~0.35 | 2.71 | 0.99 | 3.88 | ||
PFOE_4 | 0.70 | −0.20~0.07 | 3.50 | 0.93 | 4.19 | ||
PFOE_5 | 0.73 | 0.04~0.30 | 3.23 | 0.94 | 4.65 | ||
Positive personal outcome expectation | PSOE_1 | 0.87 | 0.74 | −0.23~0.11 | 3.15 | 1.07 | 8.23 |
PSOE_2 | 0.75 | 0.05~0.33 | 2.85 | 1.03 | 7.66 | ||
PSOE_3 | 0.79 | 0.01~0.22 | 2.83 | 1.05 | 8.96 | ||
PSOE_4 | 0.76 | 0.09~0.41 | 2.59 | 0.89 | 10.34 | ||
PSOE_5 | 0.74 | 0.00~0.24 | 3.23 | 0.81 | 8.70 | ||
Negative outcome expectation | NOE_1 | 0.89 | 0.94 | −0.11~0.22 | 2.38 | 1.04 | 5.63 |
NOE_2 | 0.84 | −0.03~0.31 | 2.28 | 1.03 | 4.92 | ||
NOE_3 | 0.79 | −0.04~0.46 | 2.35 | 0.88 | 4.69 | ||
Satisfaction | SAT_1 | 0.94 | 0.88 | −0.04~0.55 | 3.46 | 0.80 | 28.80 |
SAT_2 | 0.91 | −0.06~0.47 | 3.54 | 0.77 | 45.52 | ||
SAT_3 | 0.90 | −0.01~0.41 | 3.42 | 0.77 | 33.85 | ||
SAT_4 | 0.87 | −0.02~0.42 | 3.54 | 0.81 | 28.54 | ||
Continuous intention to blog | CI_1 | 0.95 | 0.93 | −0.07~0.46 | 3.92 | 0.80 | 45.76 |
CI_2 | 0.95 | −0.03~0.50 | 3.93 | 0.81 | 94.33 | ||
CI_3 | 0.90 | 0.15 ~0.46 | 3.77 | 0.86 | 26.07 |
Constructs | AVE | BSE | PFOE | PSOE | NOE | SAT | CI |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BSE | 0.73 | 0.85 | |||||
PFOE | 0.57 | 0.20 | 0.76 | ||||
PSOE | 0.57 | 0.25 | 0.03 | 0.76 | |||
NOE | 0.74 | 0.04 | 0.15 | 0.42 | 0.86 | ||
SAT | 0.79 | 0.40 | 0.23 | 0.22 | −0.16 | 0.89 | |
CI | 0.82 | 0.25 | 0.23 | 0.15 | −0.18 | 0.50 | 0.91 |
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