COVID-19-related information sources and psychological well-being: An online survey study in Taiwan

Brain Behav Immun. 2020 Jul:87:153-154. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2020.05.019. Epub 2020 May 7.

Abstract

  1. For the public, receiving information sources from medical staff and the Internet was associated with better and poorer psychological well-being, respectively.

  2. For health care workers, attending formal lessons was significantly associated with better psychological well-being in coping with COVID-19.

  3. People used a variety of sources of information on COVID-19, where Internet and traditional media were the most common used sources.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Betacoronavirus / pathogenicity
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / psychology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mental Health / trends*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / psychology*
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Social Isolation / psychology*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Taiwan