Low COVID-19-related practice increases the risk of poor health literacy in international students

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dc.authoridSEVINC, NERGIZ/0000-0003-4763-1902
dc.contributor.authorSevinc, Nergiz
dc.contributor.authorKorkut, Burcu
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-29T16:06:34Z
dc.date.available2024-09-29T16:06:34Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.departmentKarabük Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND Health literacy (HL) is the ability to access, understand, appraise, and apply health information, making it crucial for navigating coronavirus and COVID-19 information environments. The objective of this study was to determine the health literacy of international students who could not return to their countries after announcement of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and their perspective and behavior about COVID-19. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted involving 399 international students. A 73-item questionnaire consisting of health literacy (23 items), knowledge, attitude and practice about Covid-19 (37 items), and sociodemographic characteristics (13 items) was answered by the students. The relationship between the HL score and various variables was determined using univariate and multiple binary logistic regression. RESULTS Of the 399 international students, 322 (80.7%) participated. The HL of the international students was found to be poor (78.0%) and good (22.0%). Participants' COVID-19-related behaviors: 8.4% of the participants' knowledge level was good, and 38.5% had high COVID-19 related practice. Multivariate models showed that HL was independently and significantly associated with COVID-19 related practice (OR= 6.27; 95% CI: 2.45 - 15.79; p=0.000). CONCLUSION This study revealed that international students' HL was poor and that low COVID-19 related practice increased the risk of low HL in international students. According to the findings, further efforts should be made to enhance levels of HL and COVID-19-related behavior of international students.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.18051/UnivMed.2021.v40.79-86
dc.identifier.endpage86en_US
dc.identifier.issn1907-3062
dc.identifier.issn2407-2230
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage79en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.18051/UnivMed.2021.v40.79-86
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14619/6916
dc.identifier.volume40en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000691801300002en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTrisakti Univ, Fac Medicineen_US
dc.relation.ispartofUniversa Medicinaen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectInternational studenten_US
dc.subjecthealth literacyen_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_US
dc.subjectbehavioren_US
dc.titleLow COVID-19-related practice increases the risk of poor health literacy in international studentsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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