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Digital health literacy, online information-seeking behaviour, and satisfaction of Covid-19 information among the university students of East and South-East Asia.
Htay, Mila Nu Nu; Parial, Laurence Lloyd; Tolabing, Ma Carmen; Dadaczynski, Kevin; Okan, Orkan; Leung, Angela Yee Man; Su, Tin Tin.
  • Htay MNN; Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Manipal University College Malaysia, Bukit Baru, Melaka, Malaysia.
  • Parial LL; School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China.
  • Tolabing MC; College of Nursing, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines.
  • Dadaczynski K; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines.
  • Okan O; Center for Applied Health Science, Leuphana University Lueneburg, Lueneburg, Germany.
  • Leung AYM; Department of Health Science, Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Fulda, Germany.
  • Su TT; Department of Sport and Health Sciences, Technical University Munich, München, Germany.
PLoS One ; 17(4): e0266276, 2022.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1789183
ABSTRACT
During the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a growing interest in online information about coronavirus worldwide. This study aimed to investigate the digital health literacy (DHL) level, information-seeking behaviour, and satisfaction of information on COVID-19 among East and South-East Asia university students. This cross-sectional web-based study was conducted between April to June 2020 by recruiting students from universities in China, Malaysia, and the Philippines. University students who have Internet access were invited to participate in the study. Items on sociodemographic variables, DHL, information-seeking behaviour, and information satisfaction were included in the questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression analysis were conducted. A total of 5302 university students responded to the survey. The overall mean score across the four DHL subscales was 2.89 (SD 0.42). Search engines (e.g., Google, Bing, Yahoo) (92.0%) and social media (88.4%) were highly utilized by the students, whereas Websites of doctors or health insurance companies were of lower utilization (64.7%). Across the domains (i.e., adding self-generated content, determining relevance, evaluating reliability, and protecting privacy) higher DHL was positively associated with higher usage of trustworthy resources. Providing online information on COVID-19 at official university websites and conducting health talks or web-based information dissemination about the strategies for mental health challenges during pandemic could be beneficial to the students. Strengthening DHL among university students will enhance their critical thinking and evaluation of online resources, which could direct them to the quality and trustworthy information sources on COVID-19.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Health Literacy / COVID-19 Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: English Journal: PLoS One Journal subject: Science / Medicine Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Journal.pone.0266276

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Health Literacy / COVID-19 Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: English Journal: PLoS One Journal subject: Science / Medicine Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Journal.pone.0266276