Associations between COVID-19-Related Digital Health Literacy and Online Information-Seeking Behavior among Portuguese University Students.
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Results: As the pandemic progressed, participants showed a lower chance of achieving a sufficient DHL (OR = 0.7; 95% CI = 0.6; 0.9). Using search engines more often (e.g., Google) (OR = 0.7; 95% CI = 0.5; 0.9), Wikipedia (OR = 0.7; 95% CI = 0.6; 0.9) and social media (e.g., Facebook) (OR = 0.7; 95% CI = 0.6; 0.9) decreased the likelihood of achieving sufficient DHL related to COVID-19. More frequent use of websites of public bodies (OR = 1.7; 95% CI = 1.1; 2.5) increased the odds of reporting sufficient DHL.
Conclusion: DHL is associated with university students' online information-seeking behavior in the time of COVID-19. From a community and public health perspective, programs aiming at improving DHL should be highlighted.
SUBMITTER: Rosario R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7730120 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Associations between COVID-19-Related Digital Health Literacy and Online Information-Seeking Behavior among Portuguese University Students.
Rosário Rafaela R Martins Maria R O MRO Augusto Cláudia C Silva Maria José MJ Martins Silvana S Duarte Ana A Fronteira Inês I Ramos Neida N Okan Orkan O Dadaczynski Kevin K
International journal of environmental research and public health 20201202 23
We aim to evaluate the associations between digital health literacy (DHL) related to COVID-19 and online information-seeking behavior among university students.<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 3.084 students (75.7% women), with an average age of 24.2 (SD = 7.5) participated in this cross-sectional study, most of whom (36.5%) were from social sciences and pursued a bachelor's degree (50.7%). Data on COVID-19-related DHL and online information-seeking behavior were collected using an online questionnair ...[more]
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