Hoang Thuy Linh Nguyen|Man Thi Hue Vo|Lien Thi Mai Tran|Kevin Dadaczynski|Orkan Okan|Linda Murray|Thang Van Vo
Digital Health Literacy About COVID-19 as a Factor Mediating the Association Between the Importance of Online Information Search and Subjective Well-Being Among University Students in Vietnam
Hue University|Tokyo Medical and Dental University|Hue University|Leuphana University of Lüneburg|Fulda University of Applied Sciences|Bielefeld University|Massey University|Hue University
introduction digital health literacy dhl recently proposed means enabling healthy decisions protective behavior preventive measures adherence covid19 policies recommendations especially era infodemic study aimed 1 identify covid19 related dhl association online information seeking 2 elucidate covid19 related dhl mediator predictor importance online information search association subjective wellbeing among vietnamese university students methods crosssectional webbased survey used elicit responses vietnamese students 2 consecutive weeks april 25 may 9 2020 n 1003 701 female students mean age 214 31 online survey questionnaire collected data sociodemographic characteristics participants dhl covid19 information seeking behavior subjective wellbeing mediation analysis conducted using importance searching covid19 related information independent variables subjective wellbeing dependent variable dhl mediator variable results among 1003 students mean sd dhl related covid19 287 032 survey 872 students reported sufficient wellbeing almost 13 reported low low wellbeing findings also indicated search engines popular platform information seeking vietnamese students 953 928 participants searched information related current spread covid19 searching hygiene regulation part infection control average level information satisfaction associated limited dhl p 005 importance online information searching related covid19 increased subjective wellbeing students significantly limited dhl p 005 dhl found mediate relationship importance online information searching subjective wellbeing students conclusion finding provides insight dhl covid19 among university students ability find understand appraise use online health related information lockdown throughout first covid19 pandemic wave dhl highlighted mediating factor enhances positive effect importance information seeking psychological wellbeing however studies needed better define mediating role dhl across factors