The process of obtaining information about COVID-19 among students of physiotherapy and rehabilitation department
| dc.contributor.author | Gunduz D.I. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Secer E. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Secer M.B. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-04-10T11:01:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-04-10T11:01:35Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025 | |
| dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: This cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the process of obtaining information about COVID-19 infection among students of the Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation (DPR) by examining the topic of information seeking, information source preference, and factors influencing these preferences. METHODS: A total of 495/645 (76.74%) DPR students participated in the study. The data collection form prepared by the researchers was administered between May-June 2022 using face-to-face interview technique. Students' sociodemographic data (age, biological sex, body mass index) and the main topics they researched about COVID-19, information sources, and factors influencing their choice of sources were recorded. RESULTS: Students often preferred to use internet social media (61.00%) and sources they considered reliable (81.40%) to access basic clinical information about COVID-19 (the routes of transmission = 30.30%, the main symptoms = 26.30%, number of cases = 22.60%). While biological sex (pbiologicalsex) and class level (pclasslevel) influenced the choice of sources (pbiologicalsex=0.011; pclasslevel:0.0001) and the factors determining this choice (pbiologicalsex=0.011-0.022; pclasslevel=0.0001-0.005), topic preferences were only influenced by class level (pbiologicalsex>0.05; pclasslevel = 0.0001-0.022). CONCLUSION: DPR students should be supported with reliable and up-to-date social media-based digital content prepared by experts in the field about physiotherapy practice and with easy access to scientific data, even in the late stages of pandemic processes such as COVID-19, when the need for access to information is high due to their professional role. © 2025. The Author(s). | |
| dc.identifier.DOI-ID | 10.1186/s12909-025-06764-0 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14701/43546 | |
| dc.title | The process of obtaining information about COVID-19 among students of physiotherapy and rehabilitation department | |
| dc.type | Article |