A cross-sectional study of nursing students' eHealth literacy and COVID-19 preventive behavioursopen access
- Authors
- Kim, Kyoung-A; Hyun, Myung Sun; De Gagne, Jennie C.; Ahn, Jeong-Ah
- Issue Date
- Feb-2023
- Publisher
- WILEY
- Keywords
- COVID-19; eHealth literacy; health behaviour; nursing students
- Citation
- NURSING OPEN, v.10, no.2, pp.544 - 551
- Journal Title
- NURSING OPEN
- Volume
- 10
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 544
- End Page
- 551
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/86859
- DOI
- 10.1002/nop2.1320
- ISSN
- 2054-1058
- Abstract
- Aim: This study explored nursing students' eHealth literacy, lifestyle behaviours and COVID-19-related preventive behaviours and associated factors. Design: A cross-sectional comparative correlational study. Methods: Nursing students (n = 358) from a metropolitan area of South Korea were recruited for an online survey. The online questionnaire included: The eHealth Literacy Scale, the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile-II and the COVID-19-related preventive behaviour scale. Results: COVID-19-related preventive behaviours correlated positively with satisfaction with one's major, time spent seeking health information online, eHealth literacy and lifestyle behaviours. Significant factors affecting COVID-19-related preventive behaviours were the following: being female (beta = 0.194, p <.001), time spent seeking health information online (beta = 0.114, p = .002), eHealth literacy (beta = 0.167, p = .001) and lifestyle behaviours (beta = 0.266, p < .001). Conclusions: Findings highlight the need to strengthen searching behaviours to access accurate health information online and reinforce eHealth literacy and health-promoting lifestyle behaviours to improve COVID-19 preventive behaviours among nursing students.
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