Relationship between eHealth literacy and psychological status during COVID-19 pandemic: A survey of Chinese residents.
J Nurs Manag
; 29(4): 805-812, 2021 May.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-991599
ABSTRACT
AIMS:
To investigate the eHealth literacy and the psychological status of Chinese residents during the COVID-19 pandemic and explore their interrelationship.BACKGROUND:
The COVID-19 outbreak has placed intense psychological pressure on community residents. Their psychological status may be affected by eHealth literacy due to home isolation during this rampant pandemic.METHODS:
This is a Web-based cross-sectional survey conducted on the JD Health platform, which resulted in 15,000 respondents having participated in this survey. The eHealth Literacy Questionnaire (EHLQ), Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) and Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) were used. The Pearson correlation was used to analyse the relationship between eHealth literacy and depression, insomnia and post-traumatic stress disorder.RESULTS:
The score of eHealth literacy was 48.88 ± 8.46, and 11.4%, 6.8% and 20.1% of respondents experienced moderate to severe depression, insomnia and post-traumatic stress disorder. eHealth literacy negatively correlated with depression (r = -0.331), insomnia (r = -0.366) and post-traumatic stress disorder (r = -0.320).CONCLUSION:
eHealth literacy is closely related to psychological status. Improving eHealth literacy may contribute to maintaining good psychological well-being. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING MANAGEMENT It is necessary to strengthen the education of primary health care providers to enhance their ability to help community residents effectively use eHealth information.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Telemedicine
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Health Literacy
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Pandemics
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COVID-19
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Mental Disorders
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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Young adult
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
J Nurs Manag
Journal subject:
Nursing
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Jonm.13221
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