The information-seeking behavior of medical sciences students toward COVID-19 in mass and social media: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

During the COVID-19 pandemic, college students can access health-related information on the Internet to improve preventative behaviors, but they often judge the merits of such information and create challenges in the community. The aim of this study was to investigate information-seeking behaviors in regard to COVID-19 among students at Kerman University of Medical Sciences (KUMS) with the help of mass and social media.

Methods

The present study is a cross-sectional study, which was conducted using an online researcher-made questionnaire. An invitation to participate in the study was sent to 500 students at KUMS, of which 203 were selected according to the inclusion criteria and completed the questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the

SUBMITTER: Amiri P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9125876 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature