背景:COVID-19大流行的开始导致美国高等教育机构以前所未有的水平实施非药物干预措施。在新出现的大流行的背景下,年轻的成年人(例如,大学生)的SARS-CoV-2严重结局的总体风险较低,这使该人群成为具有高易感性和负面健康结局的年龄组的潜在传播源。我们研究了大学生对COVID-19的关注程度如何受到不同信息来源的影响,他们的生活状态,收入水平,和其他人口统计学特征及其与预防行为变化的关联。
目标:我们试图检查关注程度,定义为参与者通过使用个人防护设备(如口罩)采取纠正措施以减轻感染或传播病毒(给家人或朋友)的程度,练习社交距离,并遵循其他公共卫生建议,在COVID-19大流行期间的大学生中。
方法:横截面,基于网络的调查是在2021年对185名18-41岁的大学生进行的,大多数人居住在纽约市和美国(n=134,72.4%)。在185名大学生中,94提供了他们的邮政编码,这些大学生中有51人表示他们住在纽约市地区。参与者通过QR码完成了调查。未完成完整调查或不是美国任何学院或大学的大学生的研究参与者被排除在外。使用R(版本4.2.2;R统计计算基金会)进行分析。
结果:在185名受访者中,25(13.5。%)使用了他们学校的电子邮件,51(27.6%)使用主流媒体,109人(58.9%)使用社交媒体和其他来源获取有关COVID-19的信息。在从社交媒体上了解大流行的109名参与者中,91人(83.5%)感到关切;然而,只有63%(32/51)和60%(15/25)的参与者从主流媒体及其学校的电子邮件中获取信息,分别,关注。Further,从社交媒体和其他来源获得信息的参与者关注COVID-19的可能性是通过电子邮件从大学获得信息的参与者的3倍(P=.036;OR=3.07,95%CI:1.06~8.83)..
结论:从社交媒体和其他来源收到信息的大学生比通过电子邮件从学校收到信息的学生更可能担心COVID-19。
BACKGROUND: The start of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the implementation of nonpharmaceutical interventions by US institutions of higher education at an unprecedented level. During the backdrop of an emerging pandemic, younger adults (eg, college students) had an overall lower risk for severe outcomes for SARS-CoV-2, making this population a potential source of transmission for age groups with high susceptibility and negative health outcomes. We examine how college students\' level of concern for COVID-19 was influenced by different sources of information, their living status, income level, and other demographic identifiers and its association with prevention behavior change.
OBJECTIVE: We sought to examine the level of concern, defined as the extent to which the participant would take corrective action to mitigate contracting or spreading the virus (to family or friends) by using personal protective equipment such as a face mask, practicing social distancing, and following other public health recommendations, among college students during the COVID-19 pandemic.
METHODS: A cross-sectional, web-based survey was conducted in 2021 among 185 college students aged 18-41 years, with most living in New York City and the United States (n=134, 72.4%). Out of 185 college students, 94 provided their zip codes, with 51 of those college students indicating they lived in New York City areas. The participants completed the survey via a QR code.
Study participants who did not complete the full survey or were not college students in any US college or university were excluded. Analyses were conducted using R (version 4.2.2; R Foundation for Statistical Computing).
RESULTS: Of 185 respondents participated in the
study, 25 (13.5.%) used emails from their schools, 51 (27.6%) used mainstream media, and 109 (58.9%) used social media and other sources to obtain information about COVID-19. Of the 109 participants who learned about the pandemic from social media, 91 (83.5%) were concerned; however, only 63% (32/51) and 60% (15/25) of the participants who sourced information from mainstream media and their schools\' email, respectively, were concerned. Further, the participants who received information from social media and other sources were about 3 times more likely to be concerned about COVID-19 than participants who received information from the university via email (P=.036; OR=3.07, 95% CI: 1.06-8.83)..
CONCLUSIONS: College students who received information from social media and other sources were more likely to be concerned about COVID-19 than students who received information from their school via emails.