Department of Health Informatics, Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.
Department of Health Informatics, School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
Front Public Health. 2022 Jun 17;10:900293. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.900293. eCollection 2022.
Social media platform is one way to share online information regarding pandemic prevention. However, there is no study regarding the attitude of health professionals toward social media use for the COVID-19-related information. This study aimed to assess health professionals' attitudes toward using social media for COVID-19-related information.
An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 355 health professionals in Bahir Dar city public health centers, Northwest Ethiopia. A pretested self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data. The data were entered by EPI-data version 4.6 and analyzed using SPSS version 23 software. Descriptive statistics, bivariable, and multivariable logistic regression analysis were used to describe respondents' attitudes toward using social media for COVID-19 information and identify associated factors. An adjusted odds ratio () and a -value with a 95% were calculated to measure the strength of the association and assess statistical significance.
Out of 341 participants, about 73% of the participants had a good attitude toward the use of social media for COVID-19 information. Age < 24 [adjusted odds ratio () = 3.74, 95% : (1.53-9.13)] and age group 25-34 years [ = 2.25, 95% : (1.04-4.86)], computer training [ = 2.03, 95% : (1.03-4.00)], usefulness of social media [ = 3.25, 95% : (1.58-6.67)], and trustworthiness [ = 3.57, 95% : (1.93-6.60)] were enabling factors for attitude toward the use of social media for COVID-19 related information.
Health professionals had a moderate attitude toward using social media for accessing COVID-19-related information. This implies that after considering positive attitude predictors, such as providing basic computer training, emphasizing the usefulness of social media, and building trusted social media pages, social media platforms can be used as a source of COVID-19-related information for health professionals.
社交媒体平台是分享有关大流行病预防的在线信息的一种方式。但是，没有关于卫生专业人员对使用社交媒体获取与 COVID-19 相关信息的态度的研究。本研究旨在评估卫生专业人员对使用社交媒体获取与 COVID-19 相关信息的态度。
在埃塞俄比亚西北部巴希尔达尔市公共卫生中心对 355 名卫生专业人员进行了一项基于机构的横断面研究。使用经过预测试的自我管理式问卷收集数据。数据由 EPI-data 版本 4.6 输入，并使用 SPSS 版本 23 软件进行分析。使用描述性统计、双变量和多变量逻辑回归分析来描述受访者对使用社交媒体获取 COVID-19 信息的态度，并确定相关因素。使用调整后的优势比（aOR）和 -值（95%CI）来衡量关联的强度并评估统计学意义。
在 341 名参与者中，约 73%的参与者对使用社交媒体获取 COVID-19 信息持良好态度。年龄<24 岁[aOR（95%CI）=3.74，（1.53-9.13）]和 25-34 岁年龄组[aOR（95%CI）=2.25，（1.04-4.86）]、计算机培训[aOR（95%CI）=2.03，（1.03-4.00）]、社交媒体的有用性[aOR（95%CI）=3.25，（1.58-6.67）]和可信度[aOR（95%CI）=3.57，（1.93-6.60）]是对使用社交媒体获取 COVID-19 相关信息态度的促成因素。
卫生专业人员对使用社交媒体获取与 COVID-19 相关信息的态度处于中等水平。这意味着，在考虑了提供基本计算机培训、强调社交媒体的有用性以及建立可信的社交媒体页面等积极态度预测因素之后，社交媒体平台可以作为卫生专业人员获取与 COVID-19 相关信息的来源。
