Evaluating the Acceptance and Usability of an Independent, Noncommercial Search Engine for Medical Information: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study and User Behavior Tracking Analysis

Lisa Specht   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Raphael Scheible   ^{2 *} , MSc ;   Martin Boeker   ² , Prof Dr Med ;   Erik Farin-Glattacker   ³ , Prof Dr ;   Nikolas Kampel   ⁴ , MSc ;   Marina Schmölz   ¹ , MSc ;   Andrea Schöpf-Lazzarino   ^{1, 5} , PhD ;   Stefan Schulz   ⁶ , Prof Dr Med ;   Christian Schlett   ³ , PhD ;   Fabian Thomczyk   ⁷ ;   Sebastian Voigt-Radloff   ³ , PhD ;   Constanze Wegner   ⁸ , MA ;   Katharina Wollmann   ⁸ , MPH ;   Andy Maun   ¹ , Prof Dr

¹ Institute of General Practice, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

² Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Informatics in Medicine, Chair of Medical Informatics, University Hospital rechts der Isar, School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

³ Institute of Medical Biometry and Statistics, Section of Health Care Research and Rehabilitation Research, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

⁴ Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Jülich Aachen Research Alliance, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany

⁵ Careum School of Health, part of the Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences, Zurich, Switzerland

⁶ Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Documentation, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

⁷ Data Integration Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

⁸ Cochrane Germany, Cochrane Germany Foundation, Freiburg, Germany

*these authors contributed equally