Table 2.
Background versus foreground queries with respect to characteristics of clinicians.
| Characteristic | Question type, n (%) | |||
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Background | Foreground | Total | |
| Training | ||||
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Postgraduate residents | 239 (58.4) | 170 (41.6) | 409 (100) |
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Medical faculty members | 154 (53.8) | 132 (46.2) | 286 (100) |
| Specialty type | ||||
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Family medicine | 114 (54.0) | 97 (46.0) | 211 (100) |
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Internal medicine | 72 (57.1) | 54 (42.9) | 126 (100) |
| Other specialtiesa | 207 (57.8) | 151 (42.2) | 358 (100) | |
| Categories of search frequency | ||||
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≥1 (regular searchers) | 164 (62.8) | 97 (37.2) | 261 (100) |
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<1 (occasional searchers) | 88 (51.8) | 82 (48.2) | 170 (100) |
| 0 (alert-only users) | 141 (53.4) | 123 (46.6) | 264 (100) | |
| Total | 393 (56.5) | 302 (43.5) | 695 (100) | |
aOther specialties includes internal medicine specialties, pediatrics, psychiatry, surgery, anesthesiology, and others detailed in Multimedia Appendix 2.