PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To define help seeking and identify a theoretical framework to explain the help-seeking process of patients with self-discovered cancer symptoms. DATA SOURCES Literature published in English from 1998-2008. DATA SYNTHESIS Findings highlighted gender's role in help-seeking behavior. Delayed help seeking for cancer symptoms was common, with many associated influencing facto...

this study investigates how contextual factors such as culture, geographical location and religious status may either encourage, determine or prevent information seeking behavior. the study applied both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection as a mixed-method. fifteen catholic clergymen from northern nigeria were interviewed and 109 participated in a survey. findings show that ...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to investigate the relationships among overactive bladder (OAB) symptom severity, bother, help-seeking behavior, and quality of life (QOL) in patients with type 2 diabetes. METHODS A total of 127 diabetic patients, aged at least 18 years, with overactive bladder from a hospital in Shandong Province, China, were recruited for this study. Symptom severity, bother, an...

Students often use available help facilities in an unproductive fashion. To improve students’ help-seeking behavior we built the Help Tutor – a domain-independent agent that can be added as an adjunct to Cognitive Tutors. Rather than making help-seeking decisions for the students, the Help Tutor teaches better help-seeking skills by tracing students actions on a (meta)cognitive help-seeking mod...