Information sources of Brazilian undergraduate dental students during the COVID-19 outbreak: a cross-sectional study
Braz. j. oral sci
;
20: e213961, jan.-dez. 2021. tab
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in English
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ABSTRACT
Aim:
This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate where Brazilian dental students seek information about COVID-19 by a self-administered web-based questionnaire.Methods:
A social network campaign on Instagram was raised to approach the target population. The dental students responded to a multiple-response question asking where or with whom they get information about COVID-19. The possible answers were government official websites or health and education institutions websites, TV Programs, professors, social media, scientific articles, health professionals, and family members. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, and the frequency distributions of responses were evaluated by gender, age, type of institution, and year of enrollment.Results:
A total of 833 valid responses were received. The main source of information used by the dental students were government official websites or health and education institutions websites, which were reported by 739 (88.7%) participants. In the sequence, 477 (57.3%) participants chose health professionals while 468 (56.2%) chose scientific articles as information sources. The use of social media was reported by 451 (54.1%) students, while TV programs were information sources used by 332 (39.9%) students. The least used information sources were professors, reported by 317 (38.1%) students, and family members, chosen only by 65 (7.8%) participants.Conclusion:
Brazilian dental students rely on multiple information sources to stay informed about COVID-19, mainly focusing their information-seeking behavior on governmental and health professional's websites
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Main subject:
Schools, Dental
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Students, Dental
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Information Seeking Behavior
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Social Media
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prevalence study
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Braz. j. oral sci
Journal subject:
Dentistry
Year:
2021
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
University of Campinas/BR
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University of São Paulo/BR
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