Information sources of Brazilian undergraduate dental students during the COVID-19 outbreak
Aim: This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate where Brazilian dental students seek information about COVID-19 by a self-administered web-based questionnaire. Methods: A social network campaign on Instagram was raised to approach the target population. The dental students responded to a multip...
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| author | Maria Gerusa Brito Aragão Francisco Isaac Fernandes Gomes Letícia Pinho Maia Paixão de Melo Camila Siqueira Silva Coelho Silmara Aaparecida Milori Corona |
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| description | Aim: This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate where Brazilian dental students seek information about COVID-19 by a self-administered web-based questionnaire. Methods: A social network campaign on Instagram was raised to approach the target population. The dental students responded to a multiple-response question asking where or with whom they get information about COVID-19. The possible answers were government official websites or health and education institutions websites, TV Programs, professors, social media, scientific articles, health professionals, and family members. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, and the frequency distributions of responses were evaluated by gender, age, type of institution, and year of enrollment. Results: A total of 833 valid responses were received. The main source of information used by the dental students were government official websites or health and education institutions websites, which were reported by 739 (88.7%) participants. In the sequence, 477 (57.3%) participants chose health professionals while 468 (56.2%) chose scientific articles as information sources. The use of social media was reported by 451 (54.1%) students, while TV programs were information sources used by 332 (39.9%) students. The least used information sources were professors, reported by 317 (38.1%) students, and family members, chosen only by 65 (7.8%) participants. Conclusion: Brazilian dental students rely on multiple information sources to stay informed about COVID-19, mainly focusing their information-seeking behavior on governmental and health professional’s websites. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-363449a59f004d6bab720aadddd407cc2022-12-21T23:20:38ZengUniversidade Estadual de CampinasBrazilian Journal of Oral Sciences1677-32252021-06-01200010.20396/bjos.v20i00.8663961Information sources of Brazilian undergraduate dental students during the COVID-19 outbreakMaria Gerusa Brito Aragão0Francisco Isaac Fernandes Gomes1Letícia Pinho Maia Paixão de Melo2Camila Siqueira Silva Coelho3Silmara Aaparecida Milori Corona4University of São PauloUniversity of São PauloUniversity of São PauloUniversity of CampinasUniversity of São PauloAim: This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate where Brazilian dental students seek information about COVID-19 by a self-administered web-based questionnaire. Methods: A social network campaign on Instagram was raised to approach the target population. The dental students responded to a multiple-response question asking where or with whom they get information about COVID-19. The possible answers were government official websites or health and education institutions websites, TV Programs, professors, social media, scientific articles, health professionals, and family members. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, and the frequency distributions of responses were evaluated by gender, age, type of institution, and year of enrollment. Results: A total of 833 valid responses were received. The main source of information used by the dental students were government official websites or health and education institutions websites, which were reported by 739 (88.7%) participants. In the sequence, 477 (57.3%) participants chose health professionals while 468 (56.2%) chose scientific articles as information sources. The use of social media was reported by 451 (54.1%) students, while TV programs were information sources used by 332 (39.9%) students. The least used information sources were professors, reported by 317 (38.1%) students, and family members, chosen only by 65 (7.8%) participants. Conclusion: Brazilian dental students rely on multiple information sources to stay informed about COVID-19, mainly focusing their information-seeking behavior on governmental and health professional’s websites.https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/bjos/article/view/8663961COVID-19Social mediaStudents, dentalInformation seeking behaviorSchools, dental |
| spellingShingle | Maria Gerusa Brito Aragão Francisco Isaac Fernandes Gomes Letícia Pinho Maia Paixão de Melo Camila Siqueira Silva Coelho Silmara Aaparecida Milori Corona Information sources of Brazilian undergraduate dental students during the COVID-19 outbreak Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences COVID-19 Social media Students, dental Information seeking behavior Schools, dental |
| title | Information sources of Brazilian undergraduate dental students during the COVID-19 outbreak |
| title_full | Information sources of Brazilian undergraduate dental students during the COVID-19 outbreak |
| title_fullStr | Information sources of Brazilian undergraduate dental students during the COVID-19 outbreak |
| title_full_unstemmed | Information sources of Brazilian undergraduate dental students during the COVID-19 outbreak |
| title_short | Information sources of Brazilian undergraduate dental students during the COVID-19 outbreak |
| title_sort | information sources of brazilian undergraduate dental students during the covid 19 outbreak |
| topic | COVID-19 Social media Students, dental Information seeking behavior Schools, dental |
| url | https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/bjos/article/view/8663961 |
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