目的:恐惧会引起人们的恐慌,导致错误的决定,并引发不当行为。这项研究旨在调查对COVID-19的恐惧对健康信息源的可靠性和使用的感知的影响。
方法:本研究既是横断面研究,也是解释性研究。通过便利抽样法选择的参与者是323名就读于土耳其州立大学的学生。使用对COVID-19的恐惧量表(FCV-19S)和健康信息源调查作为数据收集工具。描述性统计,相关系数,并采用线性回归分析。
结果:参与者的平均FCV-19S评分在5分利克特量表上为2.30±0.93。在0-10范围内,可靠性感知均值得分最高的信息源为医生(8.05±2.54),而使用率最高的是互联网(7.98±2.77)。尽管对COVID-19的恐惧对互联网使用有负面影响(b=-0.38;p<0.05),对其他健康信息源使用的影响是积极的(b=0.37-0.83;p<0.05)。对广播(b=0.60;p<0.05)和报纸/杂志(b=0.49;p<0.05)的信任也随着恐惧而增加。
结论:这些结果表明,随着大学生对COVID-19的恐惧增加,互联网对健康信息的使用有所减少;然而,使用医生,护士,药剂师,其他卫生工作者,科学文章,电视,收音机,和报纸/期刊增加。护士是使用最多的信息来源,随着恐惧的增加。这些发现可以指导应遵循的卫生政策。不仅医生讲座,而且护士讲座和科学视频都应该在互联网上增加,社交媒体,和其他大众媒体。
OBJECTIVE: Fear can cause people to panic, lead to erroneous decisions, and trigger inappropriate behavior. This study aims to investigate the effects of fear of COVID-19 on the perception of the reliability and the use of health information sources.
METHODS: This study is both a cross-sectional and explanatory study. The participants selected by convenience sampling method were 323 students attending a state university in Turkey. The Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) and the Health Information Sources Survey were used as data collection tools. Descriptive statistics, correlation coefficients, and linear regression analyses were used.
RESULTS: The participants\' mean FCV-19S score was 2.30 ± 0.93 on a five-point Likert scale. In the range of 0-10, the information source with the highest reliability perception mean score was the doctor (8.05 ± 2.54), whereas that with the highest usage was the Internet (7.98 ± 2.77). Although the fear of COVID-19 had a negative effect on Internet use (b = -0.38; p < 0.05), the effects on the use of other health information sources were positive (b = 0.37-0.83; p < 0.05). Trust in radio (b = 0.60; p < 0.05) and newspapers/magazines (b = 0.49; p < 0.05) also increased with fear.
CONCLUSIONS: These results showed that as university students\' fear of COVID-19 increased, the use of the Internet for health information decreased; however, the use of doctors, nurses, pharmacists, other health workers, scientific articles, television, radio, and newspapers/journals increased. Nurses were the source of information whose use increased the most, along with increased fear. The findings can guide health policies to be followed. Not only doctor talks but also nurse talks and scientific videos should be increased on the Internet, social media, and other mass media.