Comportamiento de autocuidado y de búsqueda de información en internet sobre la COVID-19: Caso jóvenes españoles

Belén Rodríguez-Cánovas; Anna  Rogala; Alfredo Guzmán Rincón

doi:10.37467/revvisual.v9.3639

Authors

Belén Rodríguez-Cánovas Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Anna Rogala Universidad de Poznan
Alfredo Guzmán Rincón Corporación Universitaria de Asturias

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37467/revvisual.v9.3639

Keywords:

Self-care, COVID-19, Health communication, Coronavirus, Health information

Abstract

The aim of this article was to identify the online information-seeking behaviours of young Spaniards during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact of these behaviours on self-care behaviours. A quantitative cross-sectional study was carried out, applying the eHEALS and CSS scales and developing our own scale of self-care behaviours to a total of 161 Spanish young people. Data analysis was based on cluster modelling, descriptive statistics and Spearman's correlation. The main findings allowed us to establish two clusters, which differed in terms of the level of information-seeking skills, and there was no evidence of high correlations between online health information seeking and self-care behaviours.

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