Information overload in the context of COVID-19 pandemic: A repeated cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the psychometric properties of the Coronavirus Information Overload scale (CovIO) and explore relationships between CovIO, its predictors and several health behaviours related to the COVID-19 pandemic, using Cancer Information Overload (CIO) scale results as a reference for comparison.

Methods

2003 participants representative of the French adult population answered a self-administered questionnaire over two waves of polling (N_{1(June 2020)}= 1003, N_{2(January 2021)}= 1000). Respondents were randomized to fill CovIO or CIO scale. Psychometric properties of scales were evaluated with Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). Predictors were assessed using multivariate linear regression.

Results

CovIO scale showed satisfactory psychometri

SUBMITTER: Breyton M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9922676 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature