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Demand for health information on COVID-19 among Vietnamese
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Số 12, năm 2020 (Tập 17, trang 1-12)
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17124377
Tài liệu thuộc danh mục: ISI, Scopus
English
English
Từ khóa: communication; COVID-19; demand analysis; epidemic; information management; mass media; viral disease; adult; Article; awareness; coronavirus disease 2019; cross-sectional study; demography; epidemic; ethnicity; female; health care need; health survey; human; major clinical study; male; medical information; pandemic; prevalence; socioeconomics; Viet Nam; Vietnamese; Betacoronavirus; consumer health informatics; Coronavirus infection; information seeking; middle aged; pandemic; pathogenicity; virology; virus pneumonia; Viet Nam; Coronavirus; Adult; Betacoronavirus; Consumer Health Informatics; Coronavirus Infections; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Information Seeking Behavior; Male; Middle Aged; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral; Vietnam
Tóm tắt tiếng anh
Due to the rapid spread of coronavirus, Vietnam introduced its first national partial lockdown on April 1st, 2020. The public relied on online sources, whether through official websites or phone-based applications, to acquire up-to-date health information, provide accurate instructions, and limit misinformation. This study aims to provide insight regarding the current level of awareness of the pandemic, and to identify associated factors in Vietnamese participants to recommend necessary interventions. A cross-sectional study was conducted using a web-based survey during the first week of the lockdown period. There were 341 observations collected using a snowball sampling technique. A Tobit multivariable regression model was used to identify factors associated with the demand for each category of health information. The most requested information was the latest updated news on the epidemic, followed by information about disease symptoms and updated news on the outbreak. The prevalence of diverse socioeconomic, demographic, and ethnic factors in Vietnam requires consideration of the specific health information needs of unique groups. Identifying group-specific demands would be helpful to provide proper information to fulfill each population group’s needs. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.