Online health information-seeking behaviour and mental well-being among Finnish higher education students during COVID-19-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Online health information-seeking behaviour and mental well-being among Finnish higher education students during COVID-19

Published:2023-11-07 Issue:6 Volume:38 Page:
ISSN:0957-4824
Container-title:Health Promotion International
language:en
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Author:

Rouvinen Hanna¹^ORCID,Turunen Hannele¹²^ORCID,Lindfors Pirjo³^ORCID,Kinnunen Jaana M³^ORCID,Rimpelä Arja³⁴^ORCID,Koivusilta Leena⁵^ORCID,Kulmala Markus⁶^ORCID,Dadaczynski Kevin⁷⁸^ORCID,Okan Orkan⁹^ORCID,Sormunen Marjorita¹⁰^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland , Yliopistonrinne 3, Canthia Building, PO Box 1627, FI-70211 Kuopio , Finland

2. Wellbeing Services County of North Savo , PO Box 1711, FI-70211 Kuopio , Finland

3. Faculty of Social Sciences, Unit of Health Sciences, Tampere University , Arvo Ylpön katu 34, FI-33014 Tampere , Finland

4. Department of Adolescent Psychiatry, Tampere University Hospital , Elämänaukio 2, FI-33520 Tampere , Finland

5. Department of Social Research, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Turku , FI-20014, Turku , Finland

6. Research Centre for Health Promotion, Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä , Keskussairaalankatu 4, Building Liikunta (L), PO Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä , Finland

7. Department of Health Science, Fulda University of Applied Sciences , Fulda , Germany

8. Centre for Applied Health Science, Leuphana University , Lueneburg , Germany

9. Center for Health and Medicine in Society and Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Childhood and Adolescence, Department of Health and Sport Sciences, TUM School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich , Munich , Germany

10. Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland , Yliopistonrinne 3, Canthia building, PO Box 1627, FI-70211 Kuopio , Finland

Abstract

Abstract Online health information-seeking behaviour has increased since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic in March 2020. This study examined whether health-related information on COVID-19 searched on the internet was associated with mental well-being among higher education students. A cross-sectional internet survey was conducted among 18- to 34-year-old students in Finland (N = 2976; mean age 24.61 years and median 24) in the spring of 2020. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics, Pearson’s chi-square tests, Kruskal–Wallis nonparametric H tests, and a two-way ANOVA. The results indicated that most students (86% of females, 82% of males) used the internet to search for information on COVID-19. Students’ self-perceived abilities to determine the relevance of online information on COVID-19 were associated with mental well-being.

Funder

Tampere University’s Faculty of Social Sciences

Juho Vainio Foundation

Tampere University Hospital

Wellbeing Services County of Pirkanmaa

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Health (social science)

Link

https://academic.oup.com/heapro/article-pdf/38/6/daad143/52983342/daad143.pdf

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