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Breyton M, Schultz É, Smith A'B, Rouquette A, Mancini J. Information overload in the context of COVID-19 pandemic: A repeated cross-sectional study. PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING 2023; 110:107672. [PMID: 36827879 PMCID: PMC9922676 DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2023.107672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2022] [Revised: 01/26/2023] [Accepted: 02/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To assess the psychometric properties of the Coronavirus Information Overload scale (CovIO) and explore relationships between CovIO, its predictors and several health behaviours related to the COVID-19 pandemic, using Cancer Information Overload (CIO) scale results as a reference for comparison. METHODS 2003 participants representative of the French adult population answered a self-administered questionnaire over two waves of polling (N1(June 2020)= 1003, N2(January 2021)= 1000). Respondents were randomized to fill CovIO or CIO scale. Psychometric properties of scales were evaluated with Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). Predictors were assessed using multivariate linear regression. RESULTS CovIO scale showed satisfactory psychometric properties (α=0.86, ω=0.86, RMSEA=0.050) without any measurement invariance issue. CovIO increased between waves of sampling and was significantly linked to education, health literacy and trust in institutions among other variables. A negative relationship between information overload and preventive behaviours was also observed. CONCLUSION The CovIO scale is a valid tool for assessing COVID-19 information overload. The dynamical formation of information overload and links with theorised predictors, especially, health literacy are confirmed. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS Longitudinal designs could help better understand the potential detrimental effect of information overload and improving public health campaigns. Interventions to reduce the degree of overload are needed.
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- Martin Breyton
- Aix Marseille Univ, INSERM, IRD, ISSPAM, SESSTIM, Cancer, Biomedicine & Society Group, Equipe Labellisée Ligue 2019, Marseille, France; AP-HM, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, INSERM, IRD, ISSPAM, SESSTIM, Cancer, Biomedicine & Society Group, Equipe Labellisée Ligue 2019, Marseille, France; CEPED (UMR 196), Université de Paris, IRD, 75006 Paris, France
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- Centre for Oncology Education and Research Translation (CONCERT), Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research & South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Liverpool, NSW, Australia; Psycho-Oncology Co-operative Research Group (PoCoG), School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Australia
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- Public Health and Epidemiology Department, AP-HP Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, CESP, INSERM U1018, Villejuif, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, INSERM, IRD, ISSPAM, SESSTIM, Cancer, Biomedicine & Society Group, Equipe Labellisée Ligue 2019, Marseille, France; AP-HM, BIOSTIC, Hop Timone, Marseille, France.
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Xiao D, Su J. Macroeconomic lockdown effects of COVID-19 on small business in China: empirical insights from SEM technique. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:63344-63356. [PMID: 35451716 PMCID: PMC9026007 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-20071-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2022] [Accepted: 03/30/2022] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the China has exposed small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to a variety of challenges, some of which are potentially life-threatening to their sustainability. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the macroeconomic lockdown effects of COVID-19 on small business in China. A survey questionnaire with 313 participants was used to collect the data. In this study, the SEM technique was used to analyse model. The data have been gathered for the study from the managers and employees of Chinese SMEs. The findings of the study show that COVID-19 has a significant negative impact on financial performance, operational performance, profitability, access to finance, and customer satisfaction. According to the study's findings, external support aids have a greater impact on SMEs' ability to survive and thrive through innovation than on their actual performance. The findings of this study have a number of important practical consequences for small- and medium-sized business owners, governments, and policymakers.
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- Daiyou Xiao
- School of Finance, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, 100081 China
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- Business School, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, 100081 China
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Speiser D, Heibges M, Besch L, Hilger C, Keinert M, Klein K, Rauwolf G, Schmid C, Schulz-Niethammer S, Stegen S, Westfal V, Witzel I, Zang B, Kendel F, Feufel MA. iKNOW - a paradigmatic approach to support personalized counseling with digital health (Preprint). JMIR Form Res 2022; 7:e41179. [PMID: 37083496 PMCID: PMC10163406 DOI: 10.2196/41179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2022] [Revised: 12/23/2022] [Accepted: 12/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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iKNOW is the first evidence-based digital tool to support personalized counseling for women in Germany with a hereditary cancer risk. The counseling tool is designed for carriers of pathogenic gBRCA (germline breast cancer gene) variants that increase the lifetime risk of breast and ovarian cancer. Carriers of pathogenic variants are confronted with complex, individualized risk information, and physicians must be able to convey this information in a comprehensible way to enable preference-sensitive health decisions. In this paper, we elaborate on the clinical, regulatory, and practical premises of personalized counseling in Germany. By operationalizing these premises, we formulate 5 design principles that, we suggest, are specific enough to develop a digital tool (eg, iKNOW), yet wide-ranging enough to inform the development of counseling tools for personalized medicine more generally: (1) digital counseling tools should implement the current standard of care (eg, based on guidelines); (2) digital counseling tools should help to both standardize and personalize the counseling process (eg, by enabling the preference-sensitive selection of counseling contents from a common information base); (3) digital counseling tools should make complex information easy to access both cognitively (eg, by using evidenced-based risk communication formats) and technically (eg, by means of responsive design for various devices); (4) digital counseling tools should respect the counselee's data privacy rights (eg, through strict pseudonymization and opt-in consent); and (5) digital counseling tools should be systematically and iteratively evaluated with the users in mind (eg, using formative prototype testing to ensure a user-centric design and a summative multicenter, randomized controlled trial). On the basis of these paradigmatic design principles, we hope that iKNOW can serve as a blueprint for the development of more digital innovations to support personalized counseling approaches in cancer medicine.
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- Dorothee Speiser
- Department of Gynecology with Breast Center, Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Center, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Division of Ergonomics, Department of Psychology and Ergonomics, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology with Breast Center, Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Center, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Gender in Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany
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- Gender in Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Division of Ergonomics, Department of Psychology and Ergonomics, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Division of Ergonomics, Department of Psychology and Ergonomics, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Division of Ergonomics, Department of Psychology and Ergonomics, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- BRCA-Netzwerk e.V., Hilfe bei familiären Krebserkrankungen, Bonn, Germany
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- Division of Ergonomics, Department of Psychology and Ergonomics, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology, Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology with Breast Center, Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Center, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Gender in Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Division of Ergonomics, Department of Psychology and Ergonomics, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Gadd N, Lee S, Obamiro K. Perception of Bowel Cancer Information Overload: A Cross-Sectional Study. JOURNAL OF CONSUMER HEALTH ON THE INTERNET 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/15398285.2022.2073709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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- Nicola Gadd
- Centre for Rural Health, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
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- Centre for Rural Health, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
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- Centre for Rural Health, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
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Xiang H, Chau KY, Iqbal W, Irfan M, Dagar V. Determinants of Social Commerce Usage and Online Impulse Purchase: Implications for Business and Digital Revolution. Front Psychol 2022; 13:837042. [PMID: 35242088 PMCID: PMC8886314 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.837042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2021] [Accepted: 01/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Since their introduction in the early 2000s, the use of social networking websites has exploded. Many businesses are seeing increased revenue due to their social commerce strategy. Despite the popularity of social commerce websites, some consumers are still hesitate to use them. This study aims to evaluate the factors that influence the adoption of social commerce. A sample of 721 Chinese We Chat users took part in the research. The findings reveal that social capital mediates the positive effect of social commerce adoption and perceived ease of use (PERU) on techno-stress and online impulse purchasing. Likewise, information overloading mediates the positive effect of social commerce adoption and PERU on techno-stress and online impulse purchasing. The findings have implications for both practice and research in understanding social commerce adoption in emerging economies.
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- Huang Xiang
- School of Greater Bay Area Film and Television Industry, Guangdong University of Finance & Economics, Guangzhou, China
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- Faculty of Business, City University of Macau, Macao, Macao SAR, China
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- Department of Management Science, College of Management, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China.,Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China.,School of Business Administration, Ilma University, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon, India
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Mobile contingency management for smoking cessation among socioeconomically disadvantaged adults: Protocol for a randomized trial. Contemp Clin Trials 2022; 114:106701. [PMID: 35114409 PMCID: PMC9514803 DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2022.106701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Revised: 01/26/2022] [Accepted: 01/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Smoking rates remain high among socioeconomically disadvantaged adults. Offering small escalating financial incentives for abstinence (i.e., contingency management [CM]), alongside clinic-based treatment dramatically increases cessation rates in this vulnerable population. However, innovative approaches are needed for those who are less able to attend office visits. The current study will evaluate an automated mobile phone-based CM approach that will allow socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals to remotely earn financial incentives for smoking cessation. METHODS The investigators have previously combined technologies, including 1) carbon monoxide monitors that connect with mobile phones to remotely verify abstinence, 2) facial recognition software to confirm identity during breath sample submissions, and 3) automated delivery of incentives triggered by biochemical abstinence confirmation. This automated CM approach will be evaluated in a randomized controlled trial of 532 low-income adults seeking cessation treatment. Participants will be randomly assigned to telephone counseling and nicotine replacement therapy (standard care [SC]) or SC plus mobile financial incentives (CM) for abstinence. RESULTS Biochemically-verified 7-day point prevalence abstinence at 26 weeks post-quit is the primary outcome. The cost-effectiveness of the interventions will be evaluated. Potential treatment mechanisms, including self-efficacy, motivation, and treatment engagement, will be explored to optimize future interventions. DISCUSSION Automated mobile CM may offer a low-cost approach to smoking cessation that can be combined with telephone counseling and pharmacological interventions. This approach represents a critical step toward the widespread dissemination of CM treatment to real-world settings, to reduce tobacco-related disease and disparities.
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Lillie H, Katz RA, Carcioppolo N, Giorgi EA, Jensen JD. Cancer Information Overload Across Time: Evidence from Two Longitudinal Studies. HEALTH COMMUNICATION 2022:1-9. [PMID: 35172651 PMCID: PMC9378766 DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2022.2038866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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A majority of U.S. adults report feeling overwhelmed by the amount of available cancer information, termed cancer information overload (CIO). Research has demonstrated CIO is prevalent and negatively related to health behaviors, but no study to date has examined this disposition across time. Two longitudinal studies - a colonoscopy intervention among older U.S. adults (N = 237) and an HPV vaccination intervention among young U.S. women (N = 411) - were utilized to examine CIO stability across time and its relationship to prevention intentions and indifference. CIO increased indifference for non-adherent individuals but had no effect on intentions. CIO was stable in study 1 but not study 2, suggesting CIO stabilizes across the life course. Results also support a five-item measure of CIO.
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- Department of Communication Studies, University of Miami
- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami
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