A cross-sectional study of nursing students' eHealth literacy and COVID-19 preventive behaviours.
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2023-02
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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 (β = 0.194, p < .001), time spent seeking health information online (β = 0.114, p = .002), eHealth literacy (β = 0.167, p = .001) and lifestyle behaviours (β = 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.Type
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Kim, Kyoung-A, Myung Sun Hyun, Jennie C De Gagne and Jeong-Ah Ahn (2023). A cross-sectional study of nursing students' eHealth literacy and COVID-19 preventive behaviours. Nursing open, 10(2). pp. 544–551. 10.1002/nop2.1320 Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/26989.
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Jennie De Gagne
Jennie Chang De Gagne, PhD, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, CNE, ANEF, FAAN, is a Clinical Professor and Director of the Nursing Education Specialty at the Duke University School of Nursing. Her program of scholarship focuses on cybercivility, cyberethics, and the ethical integration of artificial intelligence in nursing education. She has authored 145 peer-reviewed articles and 12 book chapters, has co-authored or co-edited 5 English-language nursing-education textbooks, and has led the Korean translation of 4 major nursing-education works for use in schools of nursing in South Korea. She has delivered 160 presentations on technology integration, faculty development, and digital civility, and is a fellow of both the National League for Nursing Academy of Nursing Education (ANEF) and the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN).
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