ArticleHealth promotion international2023
Online health information-seeking behaviour and mental well-being among Finnish higher education students during COVID-19.
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- Evaluating online nutrition information: a scoping review of young adults' source preferences and criteria for credibility and trustworthiness.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Pooled it
- E-healthy diet literacy is associated with psychological well-being and diet-related risk behaviors among university students in Türkiye: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Health Literacy and Oral Health Behaviors Among Dental Medicine Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.Dentistry journal · 2026Article
- Measuring Digital Oral Health Literacy in the Social Media Era: Psychometric Validation of the Romanian Version of the Social Media Oral Health Literacy Questionnaire (SMOHLQ).Dentistry journal · 2026Article
- Exploring Online Health Information-Seeking Behavior Among Young Adults: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Analysis of Social Media Perceptions During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United Kingdom: Social Listening Study (2019-2022).JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- College Community-Based Physical Activity Support at a Public University During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Retrospective Longitudinal Analysis of Intra- Versus Interpersonal Components for Uptake and Outcome Association.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Article
- Patterns of Online Stress Management Information-Seeking Behavior in Hungary.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
Online health information-seeking behaviour has increased since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic in March 2020. This study examined whether health-related information on COVID-19 searched on the internet was associated with mental well-being among higher education students. A cross-sectional internet survey was conducted among 18- to 34-year-old students in Finland (N = 2976; mean age 24.61 years and median 24) in the spring of 2020. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics, Pearson's chi-square tests, Kruskal-Wallis nonparametric H tests, and a two-way ANOVA. The results indicated that most students (86% of females, 82% of males) used the internet to search for information on COVID-19. Students' self-perceived abilities to determine the relevance of online information on COVID-19 were associated with mental well-being.
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