Wang Peng-Wei, Lu Wei-Hsin, Ko Nai-Ying, Chen Yi-Lung, Li Dian-Jeng, Chang Yu-Ping, Yen Cheng-Fang
Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
J Med Internet Res. 2020 Jun 5;22(6):e20021. doi: 10.2196/20021.
People obtain information on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from the internet and other sources. Understanding the factors related to such information sources aids health professionals in educating individuals.
This study used data collected from the online survey study on COVID-19 in Taiwan to examine what major COVID-19 information sources are available and which sources are significantly related to the self-confidence of people in coping with COVID-19 in Taiwan.
A total of 1904 participants (1270 non-health-care workers and 634 health care workers) were recruited from the Facebook advertisement. Their major sources of information about COVID-19, the relationships between the sources and demographic factors, and the relationships between the sources and the self-confidence in coping with COVID-19 were surveyed.
Most Taiwanese people relied on the internet for COVID-19 information. Many respondents also used a variety of sources of information on COVID-19; such variety was associated with sex, age, and the level of worry toward COVID-19, as well as if one was a health care worker. For health care workers, the use of formal lessons as an information source was significantly associated with better self-confidence in coping with COVID-19. The significant association between receiving information from more sources and greater self-confidence was found only in health care workers but not in non-health-care workers.
Medical professionals should consider subgroups of the population when establishing various means to deliver information on COVID-19.
人们通过互联网和其他渠道获取有关冠状病毒病（COVID-19）的信息。了解与这些信息来源相关的因素有助于卫生专业人员对个人进行教育。
本研究利用台湾地区关于COVID-19的在线调查收集的数据，以探究主要的COVID-19信息来源有哪些，以及哪些来源与台湾民众应对COVID-19的自信心显著相关。
通过脸书广告招募了1904名参与者（1270名非医护人员和634名医护人员）。调查了他们关于COVID-19的主要信息来源、这些来源与人口统计学因素之间的关系，以及这些来源与应对COVID-19的自信心之间的关系。
大多数台湾民众依靠互联网获取COVID-19信息。许多受访者还使用了多种COVID-19信息来源；这种多样性与性别、年龄、对COVID-19的担忧程度以及是否为医护人员有关。对于医护人员而言，将正规课程作为信息来源与应对COVID-19时更强的自信心显著相关。仅在医护人员中发现从更多来源获取信息与更强的自信心之间存在显著关联，而在非医护人员中未发现。
医疗专业人员在建立各种传播COVID-19信息的方式时应考虑人群亚组。
