Department of Health Science, School of Nursing and Health Studies, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Front Public Health. 2022 Aug 17;10:948955. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.948955. eCollection 2022.
We assessed the associations of family wellbeing with verifying and subsequently forwarding COVID-19-related information to family members and the mediating effect of the quality of family communication on these associations among Chinese adults in Hong Kong.
Under the Jockey Club SMART Family-Link Project, we conducted an online population-based survey, using Family wellbeing Scale and questions related to the family communication quality and forwarding and verifying COVID-19 information. Data were collected from 4,891 adults in May 2020. Prevalence estimates of forwarding and verifying COVID-19 information were weighted by sex, age, and education of the general population, and their associations with family wellbeing (ranged 0-10) were analyzed using generalized linear models with mutual adjustment. Their interactive effects on family wellbeing and the mediating effects of family communication quality were examined.
In total, 53.9% of respondents usually/always forwarded COVID-19 information related to their family, 68.7% usually/always verified it before forwarding, and 40.9% did both. Greater family wellbeing was associated with usually/always forwarding [adjusted β (95% CI): 0.82 (0.72-0.92)] and usually/always verifying [0.43 (0.32-0.55)] (both < 0.001) the information. Forwarding and verifying such information showed an additive effect on family wellbeing [1.25 (1.11-1.40)]. Family communication quality mediated the associations of family wellbeing with forwarding (83.7%) and verifying (86.6%) COVID-19-related information.
Forwarding COVID-19 information to family, verifying such information, and especially doing both, were associated with greater family wellbeing, being strongly mediated by the quality of family communication. Individuals should be encouraged to verify COVID-19-related information before forwarding it to family members amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
我们评估了家庭幸福感与向家庭成员核实和转发与 COVID-19 相关信息之间的关系，以及家庭沟通质量在香港成年人群体中对这些关系的中介作用。
在赛马会 SMART 家庭联络计划下，我们进行了一项在线基于人群的调查，使用家庭幸福感量表和与家庭沟通质量以及转发和核实 COVID-19 信息相关的问题。数据来自 2020 年 5 月的 4891 名成年人。通过对总人口的性别、年龄和教育进行加权，估计了转发和核实 COVID-19 信息的流行率，并使用广义线性模型进行分析，相互调整了这些信息与家庭幸福感（范围为 0-10）之间的关联。还检验了它们对家庭幸福感的交互作用以及家庭沟通质量的中介作用。
共有 53.9%的受访者通常/总是转发与家庭相关的 COVID-19 信息，68.7%在转发前通常/总是核实，40.9%两者都做。更大的家庭幸福感与通常/总是转发[调整后β（95%置信区间）：0.82（0.72-0.92）]和通常/总是核实[0.43（0.32-0.55）]（均<0.001）相关。转发和核实此类信息对家庭幸福感具有累加效应[1.25（1.11-1.40）]。家庭沟通质量中介了家庭幸福感与转发（83.7%）和核实（86.6%）COVID-19 相关信息之间的关联。
向家庭成员转发 COVID-19 信息、核实此类信息，特别是同时这样做，与更大的家庭幸福感相关，而家庭沟通质量对此具有很强的中介作用。在 COVID-19 大流行期间，应鼓励个人在向家庭成员转发与 COVID-19 相关的信息之前对其进行核实。
