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Evaluating e-health literacy, knowledge, attitude, and health online information in Portuguese university students: a cross-sectional study
| dc.contributor.author | Almeida, Sofia | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pinto, Elisabete | |
| dc.contributor.author | Correia, Marta | |
| dc.contributor.author | Veiga, Nélio | |
| dc.contributor.author | Almeida, Armando | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-21T18:33:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-03-21T18:33:22Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-02-27 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: The main objective of the present study was to assess e-health literacy in a sample of Portuguese university students and its association with the level of knowledge and seeking for COVID-19-related information. Methods: This cross-sectional online study was conducted on Portuguese university students. All students completed a questionnaire consisting of demographic characteristics, e-health Literacy Scale (eHEALS), and a questionnaire about knowledge, attitude, and health online information seeking. Results: A total of 534 students (76.8% women), with a mean age of 24.3 years old (SD = 7.8), participated in this cross-sectional study, 53.0% of students were from non-health sciences. The mean score of eHEALS literacy was 28.8 (SD = 5.6). Most students (71.1%) classified the Internet as a useful, or very useful, tool in helping them make health related decisions. The use of the Internet as a tool to research health information for a period of two or more hours (OR = 1.9; CI 95% = 1.2; 3.4), to search online for health information on professional websites (OR = 2.3; CI 95% = 1.4; 3.6), to search in official media (OR = 2.3; CI 95% = 1.4; 3.9), and to study in the field of health sciences (OR = 1.6; CI 95% = 1.1; 2.6) increased the likelihood of having sufficient e-health literacy. Conclusion: From a public health perspective, there is a need to develop programs that increase health literacy among university students. | pt_PT |
| dc.description.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/ijerph21030271 | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.eid | 85188840250 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1661-7827 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/44380 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | pt_PT |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | pt_PT |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | E-health literacy | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Health literacy | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | University students | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Covid-19 | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Online survey | pt_PT |
| dc.title | Evaluating e-health literacy, knowledge, attitude, and health online information in Portuguese university students: a cross-sectional study | pt_PT |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.issue | 3 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.title | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.volume | 21 | pt_PT |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | pt_PT |
| rcaap.type | article | pt_PT |