Self-evaluation of Search Skills and Feedback
The responses of the self-evaluation (web group, n=44; EVInews group, n=58) were as follows. A total of 25% (11/44) of participants within the web group agreed fully that they were able to find the desired information in contrast to 71% (41/58) of the EVInews group. Furthermore, 46% (20/44) of the participants within the web group indicated that they conducted between no literature searches with literature databases such as MEDLINE via PubMed and 39% (17/44) to up to 12 per year in comparison with 40% (23/58) of the EVInews database users and 35% (20/58), respectively. Moreover, 39% (17/44) of participants of the web group estimated their search ability to find evidence-based self-medication information to be “rather good” and 5% (2/44) to be “very good.” Within the EVInews group, 59% (34/58) regarded their search ability to be “rather good” and 9% (5/58) to be “very good.” A total of 72% (42/58) of the EVInews group indicated that they were not familiar with the database before the study participation.