Online health information-seeking behaviour and mental well-being among Finnish higher education students during COVID-19
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in: Health Promotion International, Jahrgang 38, Nr. 6, daad143, 01.12.2023.
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T1 - Online health information-seeking behaviour and mental well-being among Finnish higher education students during COVID-19
AU - Rouvinen, Hanna
AU - Turunen, Hannele
AU - Lindfors, Pirjo
AU - Kinnunen, Jaana M.
AU - Rimpelä, Arja
AU - Koivusilta, Leena
AU - Kulmala, Markus
AU - Dadaczynski, Kevin
AU - Okan, Orkan
AU - Sormunen, Marjorita
N1 - Funding Information: This work was supported by the Tampere University’s Faculty of Social Sciences (SOC) for study’s data collection and data analysis processes, by Juho Vainio Foundation (18 February 2021) and by State Funding of university-level health research, Tampere University Hospital, Wellbeing Services County of Pirkanmaa. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s).
PY - 2023/12/1
Y1 - 2023/12/1
N2 - 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 <FOR VERIFICATION>= <FOR VERIFICATION>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.
AB - 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 <FOR VERIFICATION>= <FOR VERIFICATION>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.
KW - COVID-19
KW - higher education student
KW - internet
KW - mental well-being
KW - online health information-seeking
KW - Health sciences
KW - Psychology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85177759690&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/heapro/daad143
DO - 10.1093/heapro/daad143
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 37935171
AN - SCOPUS:85177759690
VL - 38
JO - Health Promotion International
JF - Health Promotion International
SN - 0957-4824
IS - 6
M1 - daad143
ER -